Yorkshire Inquisitions of the Reigns of Henry III. and Edward I
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MaraljaU lEquttg QloUctttnn (Sift of i. 3. iiarHljall, 21.21. 1. 1034 CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 3 1924 084 250 608 Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924084250608 YORKSHIRE INQUISITIONS. Vol. 1 1 J. THE YORKSHIRE Htcb^ological Society. RECORD SERIES. Vol. XXXI. FOR THE YEAR 1902. YORKSHIRE INQUISITIONS, Vol. III. EDITED BY WILLIAM BROWN, F.S.A. Howrary Secretary of the Society. PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY, 1902. 6^^o Ys PRINTED BY WHITEHEAD J. AND SON, ALFRED STREET, BOAR LANE, LEEDS. INTRODUCTION. THIS volume contains io6 inquisitions, ranging from 1294 to the spring of 1303, in addition to two omitted from the earher volumes, dated 1245 and 1282. The character of the inquisitions is much the same as those given in Vol. II. As regards the rank of the persons concerned, the most important inquisitions are those of the Earls of Lancaster (No. liv. ), the King's brother, relating to Pickering, and that of his uncle, the Earl of Cornwall (No. lxxxv.), lord of the Honour oi Knaresborough, this latter one unfortunately very imperfect. Some of the inquisitions are of considerable length, notably those of Roger Mowbray (Nos. lvi., cvii.) and John Bellew (No. cviii.). In addition to the usual inquisitiones post mortem and ad quod damnum there are three " Proofs of age,"—Geoffrey, son of Robert Luterel (No. xlviii.), Thomas, brother and heir of John de Longevilers (No. lxxxii«.), both from the Curia Regis Rolls, and of Henry, grandson of Henry, son of Conan of Kelfield (No. xcviii.). Only the last of these was proved in Yorkshire. Appended to No. xlii. is an extract from the Curia Regis Roll, which gives a curious account of the marriage service and of the subsequent endowment of the bride by her husband at the church door of lands still in his father's possession, but to which endow- " ment his father at the time verbally agreed. Customs, obtaining the force of law, are sometimes proved by jurors in these inquisitions. At Scarborough (p. 93) it was shown that a testator when on his it deathbed could devise realty : and from No. xlix. appears that it was lawful to behead, without any formal trial, a malefactor, pursued with hue and cry, as soon as taken." No. lxiv. gives an example of 1 A somewhat similar case is entered on one of the Yorkshire Assize Rolls (N_i_l4_i^ fo. 63) for the reign of Edward I., where Brother Henry of de Herternesse, a conversus of Fountains, and others, were indicted for beheading two vi INTRODUCTION. piety and two hospitals, both at Scarborough, founded by the or any generosity of the burgesses of the town, and not by the King private benefactor. The matter of tenure is constantly referred to in these inquisitions. Some are very curious. The Meynells of Whorlton, near Stokesley, held their lands of the Archbishops of Canterbury, on the condition of acting as their butlers on the day of their enthronization (p. 115). The same family held the manor of Castle Levington, near Yarm (p. 114), by the tenure of providing a horseman for forty days with the Royal army. The lord of Hooton Paynel (No. xlvii.) was bound to find four men with horse and arms, apparently in the wars in Wales ; and Roger Mowbray, as lord of the manor of Kirkby Malzeard, found five. Another peculiar military tenure was that of finding an arblaster or crossbowman for lands at Givendale, near Pocklington. Sometimes this service took the form of assisting in the guard of some castle, Castehvard, as Tickhill (p. 84), or the castle in the Honour of Holderness, probably Skipsea (No. c). WayUmete, payment for the food of the waits or watchmen (p. 84), was for a similar object. One incident of tenure, which occurs on almost every page, is suit of court. This part of the service must have been most onerous and irksome. The ordinary manor courts, called at Hovingham (p. 76) Hallemote courts, were held once every three weeks, as at Dringhouses (p. 16), Harewood (p. 32), Thirsk (pp. 76, 78), Buttercrambe and Ripon (p. 153), and at all of these the tenant of lands within the manor was bound to be present in person or by his attorney. The courts of the chief lords, for the holders of manors, called at Skipton (pp. 48, 147) Knights' courts, were held at similar intervals, as at Pontefract (p. 15), Richmond (p. 30), Beverley Knaresborough (p. 34), (p. 43), Whitby (p. 82), Bishop Wilton (p. 94), and Sherburn-in-Elmete (p. 107). Burgesses, at least at Borough- lads, both under age, for stealing bread, butter, and cheese, to the value of 3^. The jury found, "quod predict! latrones fuerunt de etate xiiij annorum, et quod burgauerunt quandam donnim, et inde asportauerunt bona ad valenciam vi\d., et " cum manu opere capti fuerunt et decollati, pmct maris est in patria. Ideo nichil INTRODUCTION. vii bridge (p. 128), were only compelled to attend three times in the year. In addition to these courts there were the Wapentake courts, occurring in Holderness (p. 57) every three weeks, but in other cases, as of the Wapentakes of Harthill and Rydale (pp. 42, 76), the tenants had to attend only once a year. Courts for the Riding are mentioned three times (pp. 42, 76, 78), but in each case the North Riding is the one named. Here once a year was sufficient attendance. Courts for the County occur twice. In one place (p. 78) suit of court was to be paid once a year, and in another (p. 76) every six weeks. It was perhaps in connection with this court that the payment of Schirefgeld (p. 143), apparently the same as Schirrefsluthe (p. 84), was to be made. In boroughs the burgesses paid a tax on their houses, called housegabel, from the Old English gafol, a tax. Mention is made of an unusual kind of grant in No. lxxxii., where the jurors found that the Priory of Thornton, in Lincolnshire, could, under a grant from one of the Earls of Albemarle, retithe the cheeses in the Earl's dairies in Holderness, that is, take a tithe of the nine parts remaining after the tenth had been taken by the parish priest. An unusual measure, a stang, equivalent to a pole, occurs in No. xxiii. WILLIAM BROWN. Northallerton, August, 1902. CONTENTS, Page Introduction y_Y;; I. William »; de Werneville Wennerville. Inq. p. m. (i2^e,). i la. Robert de Grelle. Extent of Lands (1282) .... 2 lb. Philip de Cokefeld. Inq. p. m. (1294-5) . 2 11. William de Roweley or Rouleye. Inq. m. p. (1294) ... 3 in. John de Lovetot (Luvetot) the elder. Tnq. p. m. (1295) . 4 IV. William de Faucunberge. /«^.^. ;«. • • (1294-5) • • 4 V. John, son of John de Redmar or Reddemere. Inq. p. m. (1295) 5 VI. Thomas de Multon of Gillesland. Inq. m. p. (1295) . 7 vn. Thomas de Steyngreve or Stayngrif. Inq. p. m. (1295). 9 VIII. William de Percy the younger, of Kildale. Inq. p. jn. (121)$) . 11 IX. Elias de Rillestone. /«?./>. m. (1295) 12 X. Robert le Gray (Grey) or de Gray (Grey). Inq. p. m. (1295) . 14 XI. William Gryvel, deceased. Of the bailiwick of the forest of Galtres. (1295) l6 XII. Robert le Chaumberleyn. Inq. ad q. d. {1295) ... 17 xiii. German Hay for the Prior and Convent of St. Oswald's, Nostell. Inq. ad q. d. (1295) 18 XI V. Richard de Gaytil for the Abbot and Convent of Coverham. Inq. ad q. d. (1295) 19 XV. Walter le Botiller for the Chapel of St. Mary, Ripon. hiq. ad q. d. (1295) 20 XVI. The Master and Brethren of the Hospital of St. Nicholas, York. Inq. ad q. d. (1295) 21 XVII. Henry, son of Milisent de la Grene, a felon. Year and day (129s) 22 XVIII. William de Lasceles of Ottringham. Inq. p. m. (1295) . 23 XIX. Gilbert de Blyth, chaplain, for Master William de Blyth, parson of the church of Preston-in-Holderness. /nq. ad q. d. [l2()i,). 23 XX: Walter de Whixle or Quixeley of North Givendale. Inq. p. m. (>295-6) 24 XXI. Simon de PateshuUe. Inq. p. m. (1295-6) . 25 xxii. of Hildeyerd. Inq. Joan, widow Robert de p. m. (1295-6) . 26 XXIII. Concerning land enclosed within Tottelay Park (1296) . 27 XXIV. Edniond de Fyton or Fytoun, Ittq. p. m. (1296) . m (Neuhale). Inq. XXV. William de Newal p. m. (1296) • . ^o CONTENTS. ix Page XXVI. Roger de Alewoldeleye (Alewodeleye). Inq. p. m. (1296) . 31 xxvn. Robert de Marisco. /k^. p. m 33 xxvni. William de Carthorpe. Inq. p. m. (1296) . • • 33 XXIX. Margery, widow of William de Carthorpe. Inq. p. m. (1296) . 35 xxx. Simon de Oustwyke or Hostwyke for John Uhtride. Inq. ad q. d. (1296) 36 XXXI. Dean and Chapter of York. Custody of the tnanor of Bishop- thorpe during vacancy of the See (1296) .... 38 XXXII. Sir Hugh de Babington. Inq. p. m. (1296) .... 40 XXXIII. Gerard son of Gerard Salvayn. Inq. p. m. {1296) . -41 XXXIV. Gilbert fitz William. Inq. p. m. 1296) 42 XXXV. John de Walkingham. Inq. p. in. (1296) 42 XXXVI. John Hiyward. Profits subtracted from his bailiwick of the forest of Gaitres (1296) ...... 44 XXXVII. John Rayner for the Master and Brethren of St. Leonard's Hospital, York. Inq. ad q. d. (1296) . .46 XXXVIII. Abbot and Convent of Thornton 46 XXXIX. William de Geremouthe the elder. Inq. p.