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  • Publisher: His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1974
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  • Text: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, File 66

    988. John Denebaud

    Writ after the death of the said John, who held by knight’s service of the heir of Edmund de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, a minor in the king’s wardship. 27 October, 14 Richard II.

    DEVON. Inq. taken at Exeter, Tuesday before Christmas Day, 14 Richard II.

    He held no lands &c. of the said heir or others in the escheator’s bailiwick.
    He died on 22 October last. John his son aged 18 years and more, is his heir.

    SOMERSET. Inq. (indented) taken at Crukern, 2 November, 14 Richard II.

    He held the under-mentioned messuage &c. in Nithedon for life, the reversion belonging to John Seymour of Astynton and his heirs, as appears by a charter shewn to the jurors.
    He held the under-mentioned messuage &c. in Stoklynch (estate not specified).
    He held the remainder of the under-mentioned lands &c. in his demesne as of fee.
    Nithedon. A messuage and 30 a. land and meadow, held of the heir of the said John, as of his moiety of the manor of Henton St. George, by service of rendering 8d. yearly.
    Stoklynch. A messuage, a carucate of land, 16 a. meadow and 100s. rent held of the earl of Huntingdon (Hunton’), as of his manor of Haselbere Plokynet, by knight’s service.
    Henton St. George. A moiety of the manor, held of the king in chief by knight’s service.
    Crukern. 36s. 8d. yearly rent from divers tenants holding their tenements for life by his demise. The tenements are held of Margaret countess of Devon by service of rendering 10s. yearly.
    Inleigh. 40 a. land and meadow with a watermill, held of the heir of John Cayl, a minor in the king’s wardship, as of his manor of Codeworth, by knight’s service.
    Chafcomb. A messuage, 100 a. pasture and 6s. 8d. rent, held of John Rodeneye, knight, as of the manor of Bacwell, in socage by knight’s service (sic).
    Date of death and heir as above.

    989.

    Writ after the death of the said John, who held by knight’s service of the heir of Edmund de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, a minor in the king’s wardship. 27 October, 14 Richard II.

    SOMERSET. Inq. (indented) taken at Wells, Saturday after St. Lucy, 14 Richard II.

    He held the under-mentioned manor and advowson of Stokelynch Ostriser, moiety of the manor of Chafcomb, messuages &c. in Stokelynch Maudeleyn, Shepton Beauchamp and Crukern, and rent in Crukern (estate not specified).
    Long before his death he was seised of the under-mentioned four-fifths of the manor of Henton St. George, and of the under-mentioned toft &c. at Illegh, and enfeoffed thereof John Dylyngton and Elizabeth Brent, to hold to them and their heirs unconditionally. Asked whether at any time after the said feoffment he entered into the premises or any part thereof claiming freehold, the jurors say that he did not.
    He held for life the under-mentioned messuage &c. in Nithedon, the reversion belonging to John Seymour of Astyngton and his heirs, as appears by a charter shewn to the jurors.
    Stokelynch Ostriser. The manor, with the advowson of the church, held of the earl of Huntingdon, as of his manor of Haselbere, by service of keeping a falcon (ostrum) every year until it be of full strength for a reasonable time; and when it is of full strength he shall bring it to his lord’s court, and he and his wife, with 3 grooms, 3 horses and 3 greyhounds, shall stay there for 40 days at the expense of his lord, and he shall have for his labour his lord’s second-best robe, as well as his lady’s second-best robe for the use of his wife.
    Chafcomb. A moiety of the manor, held of the abbot of Forde by service of 10s. yearly.
    Stokelynch Maudeleyn. 4 messuages, 4 bovates of land and 4 a. meadow, and 5 messuages, 60 a. land and 2 a. meadow in Shepton Beauchamp, held of Walter Clopton, knight, by knight’s service.
    Crukern. 5 messuages and 56 a. land, and 20s. rent from a messuage and 20 a. land which John Hamelyn, Christina his wife and Isabel their daughter hold for life, with reversion to him and his heirs. The said messuages and land are held of Margaret countess of Devon, by a rent of 10s. and by suit to her court of Crukern every three weeks.
    Henton St. George. Four-fifths of the manor, held of Margaret countess of Norfolk, as of her castle of Strughull in Wales, by knight’s service.
    Illegh in Knolle. A toft, 4 bovates of land, 36 a. meadow, a watermill and a fullingmill, held of Thomas son and heir of John Kail by knight’s service.
    Nithedon. A messuage and 30 a. land and meadow, held of the heir of the said John Denebaud, as of four-fifths of his manor of Henton St. George, by a rent of 8d. yearly.
    Date of death and heir as above.

    DORSET. Inq. taken at Dorchestre, Monday after St. Lucy, 14 Richard II.

    He held no lands &c. in his demesne as of fee of the heir of Edmund de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, or of any other person. But before his death he was seised in his demesne as of fee of the under-mentioned third part of the manor of Wodyate, and enfeoffed thereof John Dylyngton and Elizabeth Brente, to hold to them and their heirs unconditionally.
    Wodyate. A third part of the manor; of which third part one part is held of the abbess of Tarent, as of her manor of Wodyate, by knight’s service, another part is held of John Hamelyn, knight, as of his manor of Upwymborne, by knight’s service, and a third part is held of John Fitz Richard, as of his manor of Pentrych, by knight’s service.
    Date of death and heir as above.

    990.

    Writ of plura, 3 May, 14 Richard II

    DORSET. Inq. taken at Craneborn, Wednesday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 14 Richard II.

    He had no lands &c. in the county on the day of his death because long before he enfeoffed Elizabeth Brente and John Dily[ngton] of all his lands and tenements in Wodeyate and Pentrich.

    Writ to Edward Boklond, late escheator in Somerset and Dorset, ordering him to send into Chancery without delay an inquisition taken by him after the death of John Denbaud. 22 January, 14 Richard II.

    Writ to the escheator—on a petition from John Frye alleging that Geoffrey le Frye, now deceased, granted to Thomas Denebaude the younger and the said John Denebaude his brother, both now deceased, for life and in survivorship, with reversion to himself (the said Geoffrey) and his heirs, the messuage and 30 a. land and meadow in Nythedone which are stated by the above inquisition taken at Crukern on 2 November last to have been held by the said John Denebaud for life with reversion to John Seymour of Astynton and his heirs, and that the said messuage and 30 a. ought to revert to him (the said John Frye) as son of Rose daughter of the said Geoffrey and kinsman and heir of Geoffrey—to make inquisition touching the premises and send it into Chancery without delay. 1 May, 14 Richard II.

    SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Crukern, 12 June, 14 Richard II.

    Geoffrey le Frye, now deceased, granted the said messuage and 30 a. as stated in the above petition, and they ought to revert to John Frye as son of Rose daughter of the said Geoffrey and kinsman and heir of Geoffrey.
    Order to the sheriff of Somerset, in pursuance of the above writ and inquisition, to notify the said John Seymour of Astynton that he be before the king in Chancery in the quinzaine of Midsummer next to shew cause why the aforesaid messuage and 30 a. land and meadow in Nythedone should not be delivered to John Frye. 14 June, 14 Richard II.
    Endorsed: (1) The said John Seymour has been notified accordingly by Richard Maior and John Gibelot.
    (2) He did not appear in the Chancery on the above day, although solemnly called.

    991.

    Writ of plura, 3 May, 14 Richard II

    DORSET. Inq. taken at Cranebourn, Wednesday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 14 Richard II.

    He held no lands &c. in the county on the day of his death; but long before his death he enfeoffed Elizabeth Brente and John Dilyngton of all the lands &c. which he had in Wodeyat and Pentrich, to hold to them and their heirs.
    Order to the sheriff of Somerset to notify John Maudeleyn, to whom (by the name of John Maudeleyn, yeoman of the king’s robes) the king by letters patent has committed the custody of a moiety of the manor of Henton St. George among other lands &c. late of John Denbaude, together with the marriage of the said John Denbaude’s heir, that he be before the king in Chancery in the three weeks from Michaelmas to shew cause why Margaret countess of Norfolk should not be restored to possession of the said custody and marriage; as the said countess has represented to the king that the said moiety is held of her, and not (as stated in the above inquisition taken at Crukern on 2 November last) of the king by knight’s service, and that the 40 a. land and meadow with watermill in Illeigh which are stated in the same inquisition to be held of the heir of John Kayl, a minor in the king’s wardship, are not held of the said heir, but of William Batecok, clerk, and John Keynes, so that the marriage of John Denbaude’s heir ought clearly to belong to her, by reason of priority, as she is prepared to shew; notwithstanding which, after being in full and peaceful possession of the custody of the said moiety for some time after John Denbaude’s death, she has been unjustly expelled therefrom without any process of law by colour of the inquisition aforesaid. 27 September, 15 Richard II.
    Endorsed: The said John Maudeleyn has been notified accordingly by Richard Maior and William Villedewe.

    (Writ missing)

    SOMERSET. Assignment of dower to Margaret late the wife of the said John, made at Henton St. George, Monday after St. John the Baptist, 15 Richard II.

    The assignment gives the rooms, buildings, lands and rents &c. in the manors of Henton St. George, Chafcombe and Stokelynch assigned to her as dower, with names of tenants &c.

    C. Ric. II File 66 (8)

    E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 278 (3 & 10) (Dorset and Somerset)
Personal Names
PersonClaimDetailEvidence
John DenebandNameJohn Denebaud [S3227:38] [S3227:121] [S3229:390]
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John DenebandNameJohn Denebaud [S3227:38] [S3229:390] [S3230:194] [S3232:1]
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MargaretNameMargaret [S3229:390]
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Relationships
PersonClaimDetailEvidence
John DenebandFatherJohn Deneband (~1350-1390) [S3227:38] [S3227:121] [S3229:390]
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John DenebandMotherMargaret (e1351-) [S3229:390]
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Events & Attributes
PersonClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
John DenebandBirthabt 1371/72England [S3229:390]
18y+ in 1390
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John DenebandInq.pm.cal 1390 (14 Ric II) [S3229:390]
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John DenebandDeathOct 22, 1390 [S3227:38] [S3227:121] [S3229:390]
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MargaretFlourishedcal 1391 (15 Ric II) [S3229:390]
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