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Source: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Thomas duke of Exeter

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Titre	Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Thomas duke of Exeter

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John Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset HE01

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King's College London, 2014. \| Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/22-791/ [Accessed: 20/1/2020]

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THOMAS DUKE OF EXETER 791 Writ. ‡ 26 January 1427. [Wymbyssh] HERTFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. St Albans. 27 May 1427. [Tyrell] Jurors: William Crofton ; John Vescy ; John Horwod ; John Valannce ; John Podyfat ; John Stone ; William Flour ; John Pu... [ms faint and galled]; John Wynkebourne ; John Palmer ; John Cole ; and John More . Robert de Whitby, clerk , was lately seised of the reversion of the manors of Maidecroft and Titburst . John Grey and Elizabeth his wife had granted this reversion by fine in the court of ‪ Richard II to Thomas de Percy, chevalier , Master William de Assheton, clerk , Thomas de Hungerford, chevalier , now deceased, and Robert and his heirs [oct. St John the Baptist 1390 and afterwards quin. Mich. 1391, CP 25/1/289/56 no.224]. By his deed dated at Westminster, 5 February 1408, he demised and, by his charter, confirmed the reversion amongst other manors, lands and tenements in various English counties, which Thomas Barre, chevalier , and Elizabeth his wife then held for her life, to Thomas described as lord Thomas Beaufort, knight , son of John late duke of Lancaster and Aquitaine , and the heirs of his body, to hold of the chief lords of the fee by services due and customary by right, successive remainders to John late earl of Somerset , described as lord John earl of Somerset , brother of Thomas Beaufort , and the heirs of his body; Henry bishop of Winchester , brother of John, for life; Joan countess of Westmorland , sister of Henry, and the heirs of her body; and to ‪Henry IV and his heirs of the duchy of Lancaster. Thomas Barre and Elizabeth his wife attorned to Thomas by payment of 1d. at Titburst and afterwards died. Thomas was seised after the deathof Elizabeth wife of Thomas Barre in fee tail and died seised of such estate without heir of his body; after his death the manors belong to John earl of Somerset as son and heir of the said John late earl of Somerset , to have according to the form of the demise and grant. The manor of Maidecroft is held of the king in chief by service of paying the king 10s. yearly. In the manor there are 31s. 1d. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; 44s. 10d. rents of tenants at will according to the custom of the manor at the same terms equally; 14 messuages, each worth 2s. yearly; 287 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 24 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 5 cottages, each worth 18d. yearly; and the site, worth nothing yearly, with the buildings derelict andno possibility of taking a profit from them, and a dovecot, worth 3s. 4d. yearly. The manor of Titburst is held of the abbot of St Albans by fealty and service of paying the abbot 62s. 4d. yearly. In the manor there are £4 2s. 4d. assize rents of free tenants at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 589 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 4 messuages, one worth 4s. yearly and each of the others worth...s. yearly [ms soiled]; 23 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 120 a. pasture, worth 40s. yearly; a... [?site] of the manor, worth nothing yearly because totally devastated; and 100 a. wood, worth nothing yearly because no underwood can be sold. He died on 27 December last. John earl of Somerset is his kinsman and next heir as son of John his brother, and is aged 23 years and more. C 139/30/56 mm.1–2 797 Writ. ‡ 26 January 1427. [Wymbyssh] BEDFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Potton. 29 May 1427. [Manyngham] Jurors: John Smyth and Thomas Kyrkeby , of Sutton ; John Fykys ; John Grymfeld of Potton ; Thomas Pekworth ; John Horley ; Nicholas Herwy of Wrestlingworth ; Thomas Catour ; John Plowryght ; Nicholas Bull of Eyeworth ; John Catour ; and William Clerc of Eyeworth . Robert de Whitby, clerk , was lately seised of the reversion of the manor of Wrestlingworth called ‘Westbury’, which reversion he had by the grant by fine detailed in 791. By his deed detailed in 791 he demised and confirmed by charter the reversion to Thomas, remainders and attornment as in 791. In the manor there are the site, worth 2s. yearly; a derelict dovecot, worth 2s. yearly. 20s. assize rents of free tenants at Easter and Michaelmas, in equal portions; £4 8s. rents of tenants at will and villeinsat the same feasts equally; 202 a. arable, worth £3 2s. yearly; 4 a. meadow, worth 6s. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth 2s. yearly. Thus annual value of the manor £9 2s. The manor is held of the king in chief of the honour of Huntingdon by service of 1/2 knight’s fee. He died on 31 December last. Heir as in 791. C 139/30/56 mm.11–12 798 Writ. ‡ 10 January 1427. [Wymbyssh] SUFFOLK. Inquisition. Stowmarket. 22 April 1427. [Elliswyk] Jurors: John Blome ; John Hervy ; John Wrighte ; Roger Clerk ; William Godard ; Thomas Couper ; Thomas Goldfynch ; William Herman ; Stephen Dele ; Walter Leche ; William Fynche ; and Robert Hamond . He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief or another in his demesne as of fee or in service. He died on 31 December last. Heir as in 791. C 139/30/56 mm.13–14 Additional IPMs in the attached pdf.

THOMAS DUKE OF EXETER
791 Writ. ‡ 26 January 1427. [Wymbyssh]
HERTFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. St Albans. 27 May 1427. [Tyrell]
Jurors: William Crofton ; John Vescy ; John Horwod ; John Valannce ; John Podyfat ; John Stone ; William Flour ; John Pu... [ms faint and galled]; John Wynkebourne ; John Palmer ; John Cole ; and John More .

Robert de Whitby, clerk , was lately seised of the reversion of the

manors of Maidecroft
and
Titburst
. John Grey and Elizabeth his wife had granted this reversion by fine in the court of ‪ Richard II to Thomas de Percy, chevalier , Master William de Assheton, clerk , Thomas de Hungerford, chevalier , now deceased, and Robert and his heirs [oct. St John the Baptist 1390 and afterwards quin. Mich. 1391, CP 25/1/289/56 no.224]. By his deed dated at Westminster, 5 February 1408, he demised and, by his charter, confirmed the reversion amongst other manors, lands and tenements in various English counties, which Thomas Barre, chevalier , and Elizabeth his wife then held for her life, to Thomas described as lord Thomas Beaufort, knight , son of John late duke of Lancaster and Aquitaine , and the heirs of his body, to hold of the chief lords of the fee by services due and customary by right, successive remainders to John late earl of Somerset , described as lord John earl of Somerset , brother of Thomas Beaufort , and the heirs of his body; Henry bishop of Winchester , brother of John, for life; Joan countess of Westmorland , sister of Henry, and the heirs of her body; and to ‪Henry IV and his heirs of the duchy of Lancaster. Thomas Barre and Elizabeth his wife attorned to Thomas by payment of 1d. at Titburst and afterwards died. Thomas was seised after the deathof Elizabeth wife of Thomas Barre in fee tail and died seised of such estate without heir of his body; after his death the manors belong to John earl of Somerset as son and heir of the said John late earl of Somerset , to have according to the form of the demise and grant.
The manor of Maidecroft is held of the king in chief by service of paying the king 10s. yearly. In the manor there are 31s. 1d. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; 44s. 10d. rents of tenants at will according to the custom of the manor at the same terms equally; 14 messuages, each worth 2s. yearly; 287 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 24 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 5 cottages, each worth 18d. yearly; and the site, worth nothing yearly, with the buildings derelict andno possibility of taking a profit from them, and a dovecot, worth 3s. 4d. yearly.
The manor of Titburst is held of the abbot of St Albans by fealty and service of paying the abbot 62s. 4d. yearly. In the manor there are £4 2s. 4d. assize rents of free tenants at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 589 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 4 messuages, one worth 4s. yearly and each of the others worth...s. yearly [ms soiled]; 23 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 120 a. pasture, worth 40s. yearly; a... [?site] of the manor, worth nothing yearly because totally devastated; and 100 a. wood, worth nothing yearly because no underwood can be sold.
He died on 27 December last. John earl of Somerset is his kinsman and next heir as son of John his brother, and is aged 23 years and more.

C 139/30/56 mm.1–2

797 Writ. ‡ 26 January 1427. [Wymbyssh]
BEDFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Potton. 29 May 1427. [Manyngham]
Jurors: John Smyth and Thomas Kyrkeby , of Sutton ; John Fykys ; John Grymfeld of Potton ; Thomas Pekworth ; John Horley ; Nicholas Herwy of Wrestlingworth ; Thomas Catour ; John Plowryght ; Nicholas Bull of Eyeworth ; John Catour ; and William Clerc of Eyeworth .

Robert de Whitby, clerk , was lately seised of the reversion of the manor of Wrestlingworth called ‘Westbury’, which reversion he had by the grant by fine detailed in 791. By his deed detailed in 791 he demised and confirmed by charter the reversion to Thomas, remainders and attornment as in 791. In the manor there are the site, worth 2s. yearly; a derelict dovecot, worth 2s. yearly. 20s. assize rents of free tenants at Easter and Michaelmas, in equal portions; £4 8s. rents of tenants at will and villeinsat the same feasts equally; 202 a. arable, worth £3 2s. yearly; 4 a. meadow, worth 6s. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth 2s. yearly. Thus annual value of the manor £9 2s. The manor is held of the king in chief of the honour of Huntingdon by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
He died on 31 December last. Heir as in 791.

C 139/30/56 mm.11–12

798 Writ. ‡ 10 January 1427. [Wymbyssh]
SUFFOLK. Inquisition. Stowmarket. 22 April 1427. [Elliswyk]
Jurors: John Blome ; John Hervy ; John Wrighte ; Roger Clerk ; William Godard ; Thomas Couper ; Thomas Goldfynch ; William Herman ; Stephen Dele ; Walter Leche ; William Fynche ; and Robert Hamond .

He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief or another in his demesne as of fee or in service.

He died on 31 December last. Heir as in 791.

C 139/30/56 mm.13–14

Additional IPMs in the attached pdf.