De Banco. Easter, 13 E. III.
Staff. Alice, formerly wife of Robert le Rotour, of Stafford, sued Ralph
Basset of Chedle, and Joan his wife, for a third of a messuage, twenty-five
acres of land, and seven and a-half acres of meadow in Dulverne as her dower.
Ralph and Joan called to warranty Richard Basset of Chedle, who is to be
summoned for the Quindene of Trinity. m. 36.
Staff. Thomas de Dene and Avice, his wife, and Thomas le Smyth of
Snytenfield and Joan his wife, sued William de Aston, and Margaret his
wife for a messuage and a carucate of land in Longedon, as the right of the
said Avice and Joan. The defendants did not appear and the Sheriff
returned the writ reached him too late. He was therefore ordered to summon
them for the Quindene of St. Michael. m. 78, dorso.
Staff. Thomas de London, the Prior of Duddeleye, sued Edmund de Penne
for a debt of £36. Edmund did not appear, and the Sheriff returned he
had been distrained up to 20d. He was therefore ordered to distrain again,
and to produce him at the Octaves of Trinity. m. 84.
Ebor. Ralph de Burton and Agnes his wife, sued William de la Chaumber,
Chaplain, for the third part of two bovates of land in Burton Annays, and
they sued Magister John de Somerville, Parson of the Church of Benton for
a third of eight messuages, twelve bovates of land, etc., in Thirnem, and they
sued Roger, son of George de Salvayn, Chivaler, for a third of three messuages,
a toft, a croft, a mill, and three and a half bovates of land in Carthorp and
Willesthorp, as the dower of Agnes, of the dotation of Roger de Somerville,
her former husband.
William and John appeared by attorney, and Roger by his custos, and
they called to warranty Philip de Somerville, brother and heir of Roger de
Somerville, who was to be summoned in cos. York, Warwick, and Northumberland, and the said Philip now appeared by attorney to the summons
served upon him in Northumberland, and prayed it might be shewn why he
should warrant the tenements to them.
And Roger, son of George stated, that Roger de Somerville, the brother
of the said Philip, and whose heir he is, had enfeoffed him in the tenements
with a clause of warranty, and he called the said Philip to warranty. And
Philip, for the dower claimed against the said William, and as heir of blood
of the said Roger, but holding nothing from him in fee simple by hereditary
right, warranted the dower to him, and the said Ralph and Agnes are therefore to have from the said Philip to the value of the dower claimed, out of
the land which had descended to him by hereditary right from the said Roger,
and as regarded the other defendants, Philip denied the claim to warranty,
and appealed to a jury, which is to be summoned for the Octaves of Trinity.
m. 107, dorso.
Derb. Staff. Robert Mold, of Twyford, appeared against John, son of
John de Ipstanes in a plea that he should warrant to him the third part of
eight messuages, and eight bovates of land in Steyneston and Twyford, in co.
Derby, which Elizabeth, formerly wife of John de Ipstanes, Chivaler, claimed
against him as dower. John did not appear and the Sheriff was ordered to
take into the King's hand, land belonging to the said John to the value of the
dower claimed, and to summon him for the Quindene of St. Michael, and the
Sheriff was ordered to make a return into Court of the said value at the Quindene of Trinity. m. 116, dorso.
Salop. William de Ercalwe sued Richard atte Lane of Wolvernehampton
in a plea that he should render a reasonable account for the time he was
receiver of the moneys of the said William. Richard did not appear, and the
Sheriff had been ordered to arrest him and returned he could not be found,
and held nothing within his bailiwick. He was therefore ordered as before to
arrest and produce the said Richard at the Octaves of St. Michael. m. 174.
Staff. William de Ercalwe sued Thomas Hillary, John de Ruggeley,
John de Wyrley, Richard Tokery, Henry de Shene, Henry de Wotton,
Stephen Bythewater of Salt, William atte Lowe, Philip de Ipstanes, and
John de Bysshebury in a plea that each of them should render to him a
reasonable account for the time they were the receivers of the moneys of the
said William. None of the defendants appeared, and the Sheriff was ordered
to distrain those who had found sureties and to arrest the others, and to produce them all at the Octaves of St. Michael. (fn. 1) m. 174.
Staff. Robert, son of Robert de Gresbrok not appearing to prosecute his
plea against William, son of William atte Rydyng, for a messuage and forty
acres of land, and four acres of meadow in Shenstone, the suit was dismissed,
and the said Robert and his sureties, viz., John de Gresbrok and William
Page, are in misericordiâ. m. 199.
Staff. Richard Levessone, Nicholas de Wythwyke, and Juliana, formerly
wife of John atte Lowe, executors of the will of John atte Lowe, sued
Richard, son of Reginald de Pelshale, for a debt of 5 marks. Richard did
not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to distrain and produce him at the
Octaves of St. John the Baptist. m. 239.
Staff. William de Sutton, of Warrewyk, and Margaret his wife, sued
Christiana, formerly wife of Roger de Ocovere for a third part of the manor
of Ocovere, in Ocovere (sic), Matherfeld, Casterne, and Ilum, excepting five
messuages, a carucate, and one hundred acres of land, and four acres of
meadow in the same manor. And they sued Richard de Methford, Parson
of the church of Blore for the third of a messuage, twenty acres of land, and
an acre of meadow in the same vill of Ocovere, and they sued Alice le
Budeles for the third of a messuage, and twenty acres of land, and half an
acre of meadow in the same vill; and they sued John de Snelleston for the
third of a messuage, and forty acres of land, and an acre of meadow in the
same vill; and they sued William, son of Alice le Budeles, for the third of a
messuage, twenty acres of land, and half an acre of meadow in the same vill,
as the dower of the said Margaret, of the dotation of John, formerly her
husband.
Christiana and the other defendants appeared by attorney and called to
warranty William, Parson of the Church of Enefeld, who now appeared
and warranted the dower claimed from them, and stated that the said manor
was formerly in seisin of Roger de Ocovere, Knight, who had granted and
conceded it to him and to his heirs for ever by a deed, with a clause of
warranty, and he called to warranty Thomas, son and heir of the said Roger,
who was under age and whose person was in the custody of Christiana,
formerly wife of the said Roger de Okovere, and a part of his lands were in
the custody of Walter de Mungomery, Chivaler, and another part in the
custody of Edward de Chaundos, Chivaler, and another part in the custody
of Thomas de Rolleston and Reina his wife. The said custodes are therefore
to be summoned for the Quindene of Trinity and the custos of the person of
the heir is to produce him at the same date to warrant the tenements. m.
248.
Derb. Henry de Hambury, Chivaler, and Isabella, his wife, Simon of
the Halle and Agnes, his wife, and Henry, son of the said Simon, John
Wildegos and Isolda, his wife, John Tury, and Joan, his wife, William le
Walour, and Alice, his wife, and Roger Broun of Snelleston, and Sibil his
wife appeared by attorney against Christiana, formerly wife of Roger de
Okoure, custos of the person and of part of the lands of Thomas, son and heir
of the said Roger de Okovere, Edward de Chaundoys, Thomas de Rolleston,
and Reyna, his wife, custodes of another part of the said lands, Walter de
Moungomery, custos of another part of the same lands, and John, son of Roger
de Bradeburn, custos of another part of the same lands, in a plea that they
should be present in Court with the said heir, to warrant to the said Henry
de Hambury, and Isabella, and the other plaintiffs a third part of their several
tenancies in Snelleston, which Christiana, formerly wife of Roger de Okoure,
Knight, claimed as dower against them. None of the defendants appeared,
and the Sheriff was ordered to take into the King's hand, land belonging to
the heir, to the value of the dower claimed, and to summon them for the
Quindene of Trinity, on which day the custos of the heir is to produce him in
Court. m. 249, dorso.
Staff. William de Wode, Clericus, sued William, son of Richard Sherard,
of Chetelton, for a third part of a messuage and a carucate of land, four acres
of meadow, and sixty acres of wood in Chetilton, in which the said William,
son of Richard, had no entry except by Adam de Wode, who had demised
the tenements to him unjustly, and he stated that he had been seised of the
tenements in the reign of the King's father.
William, son of Richard, appeared by attorney, and produced a deed of
the plaintiff by which under the name of William, son of Adam le Wode, he
had remitted and quit-claimed to him all his right in the said tenements.
William de Wode denied that the deed was his act and appealed to a jury,
and the witnesses of the deed, viz., Sir Philip Barinton, Knight, Sir Henry
de Cressewelle, Knight, Sir Ralph Basset, of Chedle, Knight, Sir John
Basset, Rector of the Church of Chedele, William de Stanlowe, William de
Lemersete, William del Sharpeclif of the same county, the witnesses named in
the deed. The Sheriff was therefore ordered to produce them at a month
from Michaelmas. A postscript shews that the process was continued till
Michaelmas term 17 E. III, when it was removed by writ of nisi prius to be
heard before Roger Hillary in the county, when the plaintiff made no
appearance, and the suit was dismissed. m. 274.
Staff. Leo de Perton sued William de Pylatenhale, John de Levynton,
Thomas de Piletenhale, John de Houton, John of the Halle of Newport,
John de Fulford, Ralph his brother, and John the Abbotesbaillyf, of Dore,
in a plea that they had forcibly reaped his growing wheat at Wyghtwyk.
None of the defendants appeared, and the Sheriff was ordered to distrain and
produce them at the Quindene of St. Michael. m. 308.
De Banco. Mich., 13 E. III.
Staff. William, son of Hugh de Chauledon the younger (junioris), who
is of full age, sued Nicholas de Haukeston for a messuage and two carucates
of land, six acres of meadow, and five acres of wood in Madeleye, near New
Castle under Lyme by a writ of entry. Nicholas called to warranty John,
son of Alan de Haukeston, who is to be summoned for the Octaves of
Hillary, the summons to be executed both in this county and in co. Salop.
A postscript states that at that date the Sheriff made no return and he
was ordered to summon him for the Octaves of Trinity. m. 39, dorso.
Staff. The suit between William, son of Hugh de Chauledon and John
de Haukeston respecting tenements in Madeleye remains sine die, the said
John having letters of protection whilst employed in the King's service
abroad to last from the 24th July, 13 E. III, till the following Christmas.
m. 76.
Staff. William de Marnham, who is of full age, sued Nicholas, son of
Roger Basset, for twenty acres of land, and five acres of meadow, and five
acres of pasture in Westbromwych, which he had demised to him whilst
under age. Nicholas appeared by Roger de Wyrleye, his custos, and did not
deny that the tenements had been demised to him by William whilst under
age. William is therefore to recover seisin of them, and Nicholas is in
misericordiâ, but his fine was remitted because he was under age. m. 76, dorso.
Staff. John de Stalinton, the Prior of Stone, Matilda, formerly wife of
Roger de Swynnerton, Nicholas de Swynnerton, and William de Blorton the
executors of the will of Roger de Swynnerton, appeared by attorney against
Walter de Dorsete, of London, Taillour, in a plea that he should render a
reasonable account for the time he was the receiver of the money of the said
Roger. Walter did not appear, and the Sheriff returned he could not be
found and held nothing by which he could be attached; he was therefore
ordered to arrest and produce him at the Octaves of St. Martin. m. 91.
Staff. Agnes, formerly wife of Richard, son of Henry Ingessone, sued
Henry, son of Richard, son of Henry Ingessone, for a third of a messuage, a
carucate of land, and twelve acres of meadow in Kingesleye, which she
claimed as dower. Henry did not appear and the Sheriff was ordered to
take the dower claimed into the King's hand and to summon him for the
Octaves of St. Martin. m. 145, dorso.
Staff. John de Barre, senior, sued Geoffrey de Barre in a plea that he
had forcibly broken into his close at Little Barre, and taken fish from his
fish ponds to the value of £20. Geoffrey did not appear, and the Sheriff
was ordered to distrain and produce him at the Quindene of Hillary. m.
145, dorso.
Staff. Ralph Basset, of Drayton, executor of the will of Ralph, son of
Ralph Bassett, of Drayton, appeared by attorney against Richard, son of
John de la Wardrobe, of Pembrugge, in a plea that he should render a
reasonable account for the time he was the receiver of the money of the said
Ralph, son of Ralph. Richard did not appear, and the Sheriff returned he
held nothing by which he could be attached, he was therefore ordered to
arrest and produce him at the Quindene of St. Martin. m. 145, dorso.
Staff. The Sheriff had been ordered to distrain Thomas de la Hyde,
Hugh atte Pyrye, John de Engleton, John Giffard, and Ada, formerly wife
of John Giffard, and to produce them in Court to acknowledge by what
services they held their tenements of Ralph Thikbrome in Gunston, and
which services the said Ralph had conceded in the Court of King Edward
the King's father to Hugh de Gunston by a fine levied between the said
Hugh de Gunston, complainant, and the said Ralph, deforciant, of 12s. of rent
and the sixth part of a Knight's fee in Gunston. None of the defendants
appeared, and the Sheriff had been ordered to distrain, and he returned certain
sums into Court as the proceeds of distraints levied against all the defendants,
except John de Engleton and Ada, whom he stated were dead, and it was
testified in Court that they were alive. He was therefore ordered as before
to distrain and produce them at the Quindene of Hillary. m. 158.
Staff. John de Barre, senior, appeared by attorney against Geoffrey,
the brother of John de Barre the younger, and John de Barre the younger,
in a plea that they had forcibly broken into his house at Little Barre, had
insulted, wounded, and ill-treated him, and carried away his goods and
chattels to the value of £20. The defendants did not appear, and the
Sheriff returned that he had distrained the said Geoffrey and 10d. as
proceeds. He was therefore ordered to distrain again and produce him at
the Quindene of Hillary, and as regarded John, he returned that he could
not be found and he was ordered to arrest and produce him at the same date.
m. 163.
Salop. Staff. Philip de Stepelton appeared by attorney against Robert
de Stepelton, kinsman and heir of Robert de Stepelton, Knight, in a plea that
he should warrant to him two mills in Great Barre, in co. Stafford, which
Thomas, son of William de Morteyn, claimed against him, and he had been
summoned in co. Salop for this day and did not appear. The Sheriff was
therefore ordered to take lands belonging to him to the value of the mills in
question into the King's hand, and to summon him for the Morrow of the
Purification, and as the value of the mills was not known, the Sheriff of co.
Stafford was ordered to appraise them on the oath of legal and honest men,
and to return the value into Court at the same date. A postcript shows
repeated adjournments of the case up to Michaelmas 14 E. III, the Sheriff of
Staffordshire not having sent the extent required. m. 198, dorso.
Staff. Ralph Basset, of Chedle, and Joan his wife, appeared by attorney
against Richard Basset, of Chedle, in a plea that he should warrant to them
the third of a messuage, twenty-five acres of land, and seven and a half acres
of meadow in Dulverne, which Alice, formerly wife of Robert le Rotour, of
Stafford, claimed against them as dower. Richard did not appear, and the
Sheriff was ordered to take land belonging to him to the value of the dower
claimed into the King's hand, and to summon him for the Quindene of
Hillary. m. 232, dorso.
Staff. Albreda, formerly wife of John de Tewenhale, sued Thomas de
Whatecroft for the third of a messuage, sixty acres of land, twelve acres of
meadow, six acres of wood, and twelve acres of pasture in Horebourne, as
dower. Thomas pleaded that she had released all claim to dower in the said
tenements to him under the name of Thomas, son of Adam Whetecroft, of
Northfelt, by a deed dated from Horebourne on the Sunday after the Feast
of Saints Tyburca and Valeria, 19 E. II, which he produced. Albreda
replied that at the date of the deed she was cooperta by her husband
John de Tewenhale, which she was prepared to prove. Thomas denied this,
and stated she was sola et non cooperta at the date of the deed, and appealed
to a jury, which is to be summoned for the Octaves of Hillary. m. 262.
Staff. Thomas, son of William de Morteyn, sued Isabella, formerly wife
of Robert de Stepelton, for the manor of Great Barre, excepting two mills, six
acres of land, and the advowson of the Church of Alrewych (Aldridge) and
he sued Richard le Chaumberleyn for six acres in Great Barre, which Robert
de Barre had given to Roger de Morteyn and Isabella, his wife, and the
heirs of their bodies, and by which grant the said Roger and Isabella were
seised in demesne of fee temp. E. I, and from the said Roger and Isabella
the right descended to one, William, as son and heir, and from the said
William to Thomas, who now sues, aud he produced his proofs.
Isabella called to warranty William le Deystere, of Bermyngeham,
Chaplain, who appeared and warranted the manor to her and, Richard for
the tenement claimed against him, called to warranty the said Isabella, who
appeared and warranted the tenement to him. And the said William and
Isabella defended the suit against them, and denied that Robert de Barre
had given the manor and the six acres in question to the said Roger and
Isabella and their issue, and appealed to a jury which is to be summoned for
the Morrow of the Purification. A postscript shows repeated adjournments
of the suit till Michaelmas 16 E. III, when it was transferred to be heard
before William de Shareshull and Roger Hillary by a writ of nisi prius, and
the said Thomas, being solemnly called before them, did not appear, and the
suit was dismissed. m. 227.
Staff. William, son of Hugh de Bearston (Burston) and Matilda his wife,
sued Thomas, son of Thomas de Aston, for three acres of land in Mere, near
Assheleye; and they sued Margaret de Staundon for an acre of land in the
same vill, and they sued Robert, son of Margaret de Staundon, for an acre of
land in the same vill, and they sued William, son of Margaret de Staundon
for an acre of land in the same vill as the right of the said Matilda.
Thomas appeared by John de Snethe, his custos, and the others appeared by
attorney, and prayed a view, and the suit was adjourned to the Quindene of
Hillary. m. 351.
Staff. John, son of Ralph de Whitemore sued John, son of Roger de
Trentham for three acres of land in Swynnerton. The defendant did not
appear and the Sheriff was ordered to take the lands into the King's hand
and to summon him for the Quindene of Hillary. m. 366.
Staff. The same John, son of Ralph, sued William, son of William de
Bromley the elder, seniorem, for two acres of land in Swynnerton. William
prayed a view and the suit was adjourned to the same day. m. 366.
Staff. Richard de la Lone and Margaret, his wife, sued William de
Perton, of Tresell for a debt of £10 10s., owing to the said Margaret as
arrears of an annual rent of 10s. William did not appear and the Sheriff
was ordered to distrain and produce him at the Octaves of Hillary. m. 414.
Staff. Agnes, formerly wife of Richard, son of Henry Ingessone recovers
the dower she claimed in Kyngesleye, in a suit against Henry, son of Richard
Ingesone, by default of the defendant. m. 440.
Staff. William de Morton, Clericus, appeared by his essoin against John,
son of William de Morton, Adam de Morton, and William, his son, John,
brother of the said William, Thomas de Morton, Robert de Orselowe,
and Robert de Ruyton, for forcibly making him a prisoner at Morton, in
Gnousale, and taking him as a prisoner as far as Lilleshull, in co. Salop, and
retaining him in prison there until he had paid a fine of £40 for his release,
and for taking his horse worth £20. None of the defendants appeared and
the Sheriff was ordered to distrain and produce them at the Octaves of
Hillary. m. 467, dorso.
Staff. Vivian, son of Vivian de Staundon, sued John, son of Vivian de
Staundon, and Margaret, his wife, for the manor of Staundon, which Robert
de Staundon, Knight, had given to Vivian de Staundon and Matilda, his wife,
and the heirs of their bodies, and which after the death of the said Vivian
and Matilda, and of Vivian their son, should descend to the said Vivian,
son of Vivian, son of Vivian and Matilda, as kinsman and heir of the said
Vivian and Matilda, and he stated that under this gift the said Vivian and
Matilda, were seised temp. E. I, and he gave this pedigree—
Pedigree of de Staundon
John and Margaret denied that Robert de Staundon had given the
manor to the said Vivian and Matilda as stated by the plaintiff, and
appealed to a jury which is to be summoned for five weeks from Easter.
A postcript shows that the suit was transferred to be heard at Wolverhampton, by writ of nisi prius, and was heard before Roger Hillary, with whom was
associated Henry de Bysshebury, Chivaler, on the Monday after the close of
Easter, when a jury returned a verdict in favor of Vivian, who recovered
seisin of the manor. m. 494, dorso.
Leyc. Matilda, formerly wife of Robert de Holand, sued Robert, son
and heir of Robert de Holand, in a plea that he should warrant to her half
the manor of Baggeworth which William, son of William de Harecourt
claimed against her, and he had been summoned in cos. Lancaster, Northampton, and Stafford, and did not appear, and the Sheriff made no return
to the writ. He was therefore ordered to summon him again for the
Quindene of Hillary, and the attorney of Matilda was told she must proceed
with the suit at her own peril. m. 495.
Staff. Simon de Ruggeleye sued Adam atte Goter, of Ruggeleye, in a
plea that he should render a reasonable account for the time he was his
Bailiff in Haselovere (Haslor). Adam did not appear and the Sheriff
returned he held nothing by which he could be attached. He was therefore
ordered to arrest and produce him at the Octaves of the Purification. m.
498.
Staff. Robert, son of Robert de Gresbrok by John de Gresbrok his
attorney, sued William, son of William atte Rudyng for a messuage and
forty-four acres of land in Shenstone. William did not appear and the
Sheriff was ordered to take the tenements into the King's hand and to
summon him for five weeks from Easter. A postcript shows repeated
adjournments of the suit up to Hillary term, 14–15 E. III. m. 512.
Staff. Margaret, formerly wife of Henry, son of Adam le Mulward, of
Boterdon, recovers a toft and four acres of land in Boterdon, in a suit against
Ralph, son of John Richard, of Grendon, the said Ralph to be compensated
from the land of William Loweles, of Grendon, who had not appeared when
called to warranty. m. 527.
Staff. John, son of Richard, son of William Swetemon, of Fynchespathe,
recovers a messuage in Fynchespathe, in a suit against Walter, son of Robert
de Covene, by the default of the latter. m. 529.
Staff. Robert Hereward, of Colton, sued Cecily, formerly wife of Ralph,
son of John de Colton, and William, son of the said Cecily, for a messuage
and an acre of land in Colton, which John Gryffynesmon had given to John
Hereward in frank marriage with Margaret, his daughter, and which after
the death of the said John and Margaret, should descend to him as their son
and heir. Cecily and William appeared by William de Whytyngton,
attorney for Cecily and custos of William, and pleaded he held nothing in
the tenements, and the said Cecily stated she held the whole of it for her
life of the inheritance of the said William, by a demise made by John
Hereward. As William was under age the suit is to remain till his full age.
m. 537.
Staff. Richard de Stafford and Isabella, his wife, appeared by Roger de
Aston, their attorney, in a plea against Matilda de Vernoun that she should
carry out a covenant made between them by which she should find sufficient
security for a rent of £30, to be received from the lands and tenements
formerly belonging to William de Campville, father of Matilda, in CliftonCampville, and Haunton. Matilda did not appear and the Sheriff was ordered
to attach her for the Octaves of Hillary.
Staff. John, son of John de Morton, near Neuport, had acknowledged
before the King's Justices at York at Easter, 11 E. III, that he owed to
William de Morton, Parson of the Church of Holm, near Mare, £40, and
which had not been paid, and William prayed for execution; and John
now appeared in person and stated that William had been paid the £40 and he
held his letter of acquittance for it, which was dated from Morton, on
Palm Sunday, 12 E. III. William stated that the deed was not his act and
appealed to a jury, which is to be summoned for the Quindene of Hillary.
m. 550. (fn. 2)
Staff. Hugh le Smyth and Agnes, his wife, and Thomas le Breuster and
Matilda, his wife, sued Adam de Derleye for half a virgate of land and a
messuage in Hughcesdon (Hixon) and they sued Roger, son of Felice de
Hughcesdon, for an acre of land in the same vill, which Isolda de Bromleye,
the great-grandmother of Agnes and Matilda, whose heirs they are, was
seised temp. E. I, and from Isolda the right descended to Hugh, as her son
and heir, and from Hugh to William, as son and heir, and from William to
Agnes and Matilda, as daughters and heirs. Adam prayed a view, and the
suit was adjourned to the Quindene of Hillary. m. 559, dorso.
Staff. William, son of Stephen de Brokholes, sued Robert, son of Richard
de Burton, of Forebrugge, for ten acres of land in Bromleye Bagot, and
Robert de Cok for four acres of land, and John, son of Amice de Bromleye
Bagot, for four acres of land, and other tenants in the same vill, for other
land; none of the defendants appeared, and the land had been taken into
the King's hand. William therefore recovers it by their default. m. 576.
Staff. The Sheriff had been ordered to summon for this term Sir Philip
de Barinton, Knight; Sir Henry de Cressewelle, Knight; Sir Ralph Basset, of
Chedele, Knight; Sir John Basset, the Rector of the Church of Chedele;
William de Stanlowe, William de Leversete, and William del Sharpcliff, the
witnesses named in a deed of quit-claim which William, son of Richard
Sherard, of Chetelton, produced in Court under the name of William de
Wode, Clerk, respecting the third part of a messuage, a carucate of land,
four acres of meadow, and sixty acres of wood in Chetelton, which the said
William claimed as his right. And the parties appeared in Court but the
Sheriff returned the writ reached him too late, and he was ordered to
summon them for the Octaves of the Purification. m. 574.
A deed enrolled, by which John, son of William de Bromleye, releases to
William de Bromleye, Clerk, his brother, all the right or claim he held in
lands and tenements which the said William held of his feoffment in
Botterton within the demesne of Whitegreve, and in all the lands and
tenements which the said William his brother held by the gift and feoffment
of William de Bromleye, his father, in Bromleye, Whitemore, Brocton, and
within the manor of Newcastle-under-Lyme. Witnesses—Sir William de
Shareshulle and Sir Roger Hillary, Knights and Justices de Banco of the
King, Nicholas de Ruggeleye, John de Delves, John de Wyverstone, John
de Snede, of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Ralph Burgynion, junior, and others.
Dated from London, on the Thursday the Feast of St. Katherine, 13 E. III.
William de Shareshulle, Knight, and Thomas, son and heir of Otewel
Purcel, came into Court and acknowledged the deed given below and prayed
it might be enrolled.
By this deed Sir William Shareshulle, Knight, grants to Thomas, son
and heir of Otewel Purcel aud to Joan, his wife, all the lands and tenements,
services, etc., both of free tenants as of villein tenants, which he held in
Great Tywe, in co. Oxford, of the gift and feoffment of Sir Thomas de
Bamburgh and of John Nichol, Chaplain, and for this gift and concession
the said Thomas gave to him in exchange the manor of Shareshulle, in co.
Stafford. Witnesses—Richard de Williamescote, Thomas de Langele, Robert
de Barton, Walter de Somerton, William de Louthes, Thomas de Eyton,
Simon de Dychesle. Dated from Great Tywe on the Tuesday, the Feast of
St. Lawrence, 13 E. III.
Assizes taken at Stafford before William de Shareshulle
and other Justices on the Vigil of St. Michael. 13
E. III.
An assize, etc., if Robert de Stepelton and Godwin le Taillour, and John
Williames, of Blokeswych, had unjustly disseised Alice L'Archer of twenty
acres of land, four acres of meadow, and ten acres of wood in Walsale. The
defendants did not appear, but Richard in the Lone answered for them as
Bailiff, and denied the disseisin. The jury stated that Godwin and John had
disseised the plaintiff, but that Robert had no hand in it. Alice is therefore
to recover seisin. Damages 20s.
Staff. Robert, son of John, son of Nicholas le Messager, not prosecuting
his suit against Adam de Chetewynde and others respecting tenements in
Colton and Blithfield, he and his sureties are in misericordiâ.
Staff. Robert, son of Richard de Blorton, not prosecuting his suit against
Roger, son of Roger de Honford and others, respecting tenements in Blorton,
he and his sureties are in misericordiâ.
Staff. Roger, son of Roger de Levynton, and Juliana, his wife, not prosecuting their suit against Roger le Lord of Levynton, and others, respecting
tenements in Levynton (Loynton), they and their sureties are in misericordiâ.
Assizes taken at Lychefeld before the same Justices on the
Saturday after the Close of Easter. 13 E. III.
Staff. An assize, etc., if Robert Mauveysin, Chivaler, and Margaret, his
wife, had unjustly disseised Roger, the Bishop of Coventry and Lychfeld of
a piece of land, 2,000 perches in length and ten perches in width, in Ruggele.
Robert and Margaret stated that the land in question was the soil of the
River Trent, and they answered as tenants, and stated that the River Trent
was the boundary between Ruggele and Rydeware, and half the said land
on the Rydeware side was in Rydeware and not in Ruggele, and they took
exception to the writ on this ground, and they pleaded further that they
had done no injury to the Bishop, and appealed to a jury. A jury found in
favour of the Bishop, stating that the whole of the land was in Ruggele. The
Bishop is therefore to recover seisin, and he remitted his claim to damages.
m. 2.
Staff. An assize, etc., if Hugh de Wrottesleye and William de Wrottesleye had unjustly disseised John de Hampton of the manor of Wrottesleye.
The defendants did not appear, and the assize was taken in their absence.
A jury found in favour of John, and assessed his damages at 100s. (fn. 3)
Staff. An assize, etc., if Adam de Chetewynde, John de Wynreston, and
Eva, his wife, Robert Bithewater of Salt, Robert de Sheperugge (Seabridge),
John, son of Robert Bithewater of Salt, and William Roberdesserjaunt
Bithewater of Salt (sic) had unjustly disseised Robert, son of John, son of
Nicholas le Messeger of a messuage and forty acres of land in Colton and
Blithefeld. William answered for the defendants as Bailiff, and denied the
disseisin, and the said John and Eva answered as tenants, and called the said
Adam to warranty, who warranted the tenements to them, and stated that one
Henry, son of John le Messager, of Admundestonle, the brother of the said
Robert, son of John, and whose heir he is, had remitted and quit-claimed to
him and to his heirs the tenements in question by his deed, which he produced.
Robert, son of John, denied that the deed had been executed by his brother,
and appealed to a jury. The Sheriff was therefore ordered to produce the
witnesses at Stafford on the Tuesday before Michaelmas, viz., Richard, lord
of Blythefeld, William Gryffyn, of Colton, Robert de Hampton, William
Cradok of Admundeston, and John Andreu del Lee. m. 2.
Pleas of Assizes taken at Wolvernehampton before
William de Shareshulle, Roger Hillary, and John de
Peyto, senior, Justices assigned, etc., on the Friday
the Morrow of St. Katrine the Virgin. 13 E. III.
Staff. An assize, etc., if Thomas le Rous, Chivaler, John Maureward,
John de Bevercotes and Matilda, his wife, Godewin le Taillour, and John
Williames, of Bloxwych, had unjustly disseised Alice L'Archer of a messuage
and 100 acres of land, sixteen acres of meadow, and four acres of pasture in
Walsale. Thomas stated he held nothing in the tenements, and appealed to
a jury on this point. John de Bevercotes and Matilda answered as tenants,
and called to warranty John Maureward who was present in Court and
warranted the tenements to them, and stated that he could not deny that
he had unjustly disseised the said Alice of them. An assize is therefore to
be taken to assess the damages and to state whether the other defendants
had taken part in the disseisin. The jury stated that the said John de
Bevercotes and Matilda took a part in the disseisin, and they assessed the
damages at 20s. Alice is therefore to recover seisin, and the said John de
Bevercotes and Matilda are to be compensated from the land of the said
John Maureward. And the said John Maureward was committed to gaol
because he had acknowledged the disseisin. m. 14.
Staff. Robert de Freford, Parson of the church of Elleford, who brought
an assize of novel disseisin against Matilda de Vernon and others respecting
a tenement in Clyfton Camville did not appear to prosecute it. He and his
sureties, viz., William de Rideware and John de Elleford are therefore in
misericordiâ. m. 14.
Staff. An assize, etc., if William, son of William le Champioun, of Little
Sardon, John, his brother, and Thomas del Whitehors had unjustly disseised
Thomas, son of William de Draycote, of two acres of land and two acres of
pasture in Stretton, near Brewode. William, son of William, answered as
tenant, and stated that he entered into the tenements by the deed and
feoffment of John Whitelok, Chaplain, and had done no injury to the
plaintiff. The jury found in favour of William le Champioun. m. 14, dorso.
Staff. An assize, etc., if John de Tettebury and Joan, his wife, and
William, son of William Barre, of Albryghton, had unjustly disseised Hugh de
Wrottesleye, Chivaler, of a messuage six acres of pasture, ten acres of wood,
and forty acres of pasture, and 13s. of rent in Boterdon, Waterfall, and Grendon
The defendants appeared, and William Barre stated he held nothing in
the tenements, and the said John stated he found his wife, Joan, seised of
the tenements in question, and John and Joan stated that the tenements
were formerly in seisin of one William de Wrottesleye, the grandfather of
the said Hugh, and whose heir he is, and the said William had given them
by his deed to William, his son, the father of the said Hugh, and to the said
Joan, then wife of the said William, son of William, and which Joan is now
wife of the said John de Tettebury, and to their heirs for ever, and they
produced the deed of the said William de Wrottesleye to that effect.
And Hugh pleaded that he should not be precluded from the assize by
the said deed, because William, his grandfather, had never delivered seisin of
the tenements to William, his father, and to Joan, but had retained his
status in them all his life, and had died seised of them in demesne as of fee. (fn. 4)
and after his death the said William, son of William, entered into them as
son and heir, and had died seised of them, and after his death he had
entered into them as son and heir of the said William, son of William, and
was seised of them, until the said John de Tettebury and the other
defendants had unjustly disseised him, and he put himself on the assize.
The jury stated that the said William de Wrottesleye, the grandfather of
the said Hugh, had never delivered seisin of the tenements in question to
the said William, son of William and Joan, but had continued his status in
them all his life, and had died seised of them in demesne as of fee and right,
and after his death the said William, son of William, had entered and was
seised of them all his life, and had died seised of them, and after his death
the said Hugh as son and heir of the said William, son of William, had
entered into them and was seised of them as of his true freehold until the
said John and Joan, and William, son of William Barre, had unjustly
disseised him, and they assessed the damages of Hugh at six marks. Hugh
is therefore to recover seisin of the tenements by view of the recognitors of
the assize. m. 14, dorso.
Staff. John de Covene, who had brought an assize of novel disseisin
against William de Chetelton and others respecting tenements in Bydulf, did
not appear to prosecute it, and he and his sureties, viz., Adam de Shareshulle and William de Covene are in misericordiâ. m. 14, dorso.
Staff. Richard, son of Henry de Perton, who brought an assize of novel
disseisin against Matilda, formerly wife of Nicholas, son of Roger de Lee, and
Roger, son of Walter Millesone, respecting tenements in Overepenne, did
not appear to prosecute it, and he and his sureties, viz., Adam de Swyneshed
and Henry de Swyneshed, are in misericordiâ. m. 14, dorso.
Staff. Philip de Stepelton and William de Frome, who brought an
assize of novel disseisin against Isabella, formerly wife of Robert de
Stepelton and others, respecting tenements in Great Barre, did not appear to
prosecute it, and he and his sureties, viz., Robert de Stepelton and William
de Caynton, are in misericordiâ. m. 14, dorso.
Staff. John, son of William de Draycote, of Stretton, Chaplain, who had
brought an assize of novel disseisin against William, son of William le
Champion, of Little Sardon, and others, respecting tenements in Stretton,
near Brewode, did not appear to prosecute it, and he and his sureties, viz.,
John de Mollesleye and Richard le Fremon, are in misericordiâ. m. 14,
dorso.