The Crioll Family
Beatrice (de Crioll) de Gyse
Simon de Crioll
Maud
(de Esseford) de Crioll
Anselm de Gyse
This marriage must have occurred by 1279, when Anselm is recorded as holding
part of the vill of Staughton, which was brought into the marriage by
Beatrice.
Anselm was the son of Nicholas de Gyse. In 1274(5) he
was a constable of the Tower of London. Anselm died on 7 February 1294(5).
Calendar of the Charter Rolls vol 2 Henry III - Edward
I 1257-1300 p74 (1906)
1267. April 20.
Cambridge.
Grant to Anselm de Gyse, and his heirs, of a
weekly market on Friday at his manor of Aspele, co. Bedford, and of a
yearly fair there on the vigil and the feast of St. Botolph and the two
days following; grant also of free warren in the demesne lands of the
said manor.
Calendar of Fine Rolls vol 1 Edward I 1272-1307
p39 (1911)
1275. Jan. 21.
Clarendon.
Commitment during pleasure to Anthony Bek of the Tower of London, so
that he render as much as Philip Basset, deceased, sometime constable,
and other constables used to render.
Order to Anselm de Gyse to deliver the Tower to the said Anthony
or his attorney.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1272-1279
p191 (1900)
1275. June 20.
Westminster.
To the
treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Anselm
Westmiuster. de Gyse to be acquitted of 20s.
in which he made fine before the justices of the Bench, in the second
year of the king’s reign, for a fine to be levied before the said
justices, and to cause to be restored to him anything that may have been
received from him for this fine, as the king has pardoned him the fine.
p356
1276. Oct. 15.
Westminster.
Enrolment of giant from Anselm de Gyse, knight, to Sir Waller de Helyun,
for his service and for 23 marks paid beforehand, of his meadow near
Dunye in Munestreworth, which Anselm had of the gift of Sir John de
Burgo; rendering therefor 1d.
yearly for all service, etc. Witnesses: Sir Richard Fokeram, Sir Giles
de Berkl[eye], knights; Ralph de Abbehal, Richard de Byseleye, Elias de
Heydon, Ralph de Redleye, Ralph Barun.
Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of
European History vol 4 no.3 pp22-3 (1897)
2. FROM
THE ENGLISH HUNDRED ROLLS, A. D. 1279.
Rotuli Hundredorum, II, 862, 673, and 681 ff. Latin.
... Sir Adam de Cretinges holds and accounts in the vill of Stoughton,
for four knights’ fees from the bishop of Lincoln, and the bishop from
the king. The same Adam holds by homage and scutage, when it runs, and
has in demesne 13 score acres of arable land and 3 messuages of 2 acres,
and 40 acres of woods and 7 acres of meadow and 10 acres of separable
pasture.
11 villains, each with a virgate of 20
acres, a house and some meadow, and each performing certain weekly
works, ploughing, etc.
16 cottars, each with a cottage and a
rood of land, and each paying 12d. a year and performing certain labor.
1 cottar with a half acre, and 2 with
houses only.
Sir Anselm de Gyse holds and accounts for two knights’ fees, from
the same Adam for half a mark a year and for scutage when it happens;
and he has in his garden, with a house and vineyard, 6 acres of land;
and of arable land 13 score acre,s and in meadows 7 acres, and in
separable pasture 10 acres and in woods 8 acres.
6 villains, each with 20 acres, etc., as
above.
The prior of Bissemede holds one knight’s fee from the said
Anselm and pays to him scutage when it happens. The same prior has in
his garden with the house 8 acres, and 5 score acres of arable land, and
8 acres of woods and 8 acres of meadow, and 6 acres of separable
pasture.
5 free tenants with a total of 63¼ acres
of arable land, etc.
3 villains with a total of 1¼ virgates.
5 cottars each with a cottage.
Geoffrey, son of Everard of Stoughton holds half a knight’s fee
from the said Anselm for homage and foreign service, and has in demesne
6 score acres of arable land, and in garden with a messuage one acre and
a half and 4 acres of woods and 2 acres of separable pasture.
1 free holder with 6 acres.
William Schohisfoot holds the twelfth part of one knight’s fee
from the aforesaid Anselm for homage and foreign service, and has in
garden with the house one acre and a a half, and in arable land 20
acres, and 3 acres of meadow; and he ought to have common with his
beasts in the meadow which is called Mora.
William Dingle holds from the said William one acre and a half of
land, and pays annually 1d.
Various free and villein tenants holding
immediately and mediately from Sir Adam de Cretinges.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward I 1281-1292
p272 (1893)
1287.
June 24.
Westminster.
Protection, with clause volumus,
for the following going to Wales on the king’s service:—
...
Anselm de Gyse, going with John de Warrenna, earl of
Surrey - Until Michaelmas
Calendar of the Charter Rolls vol 2 Henry III - Edward
I 1257-1300 p435 (1906)
1294. June 8.
Westminster.
Grant to Anselm de Gyse, and his heirs, of
free warren in all his demesne lands in Elmore, co. Gloucester, and
Wilmynton and Sutton by Derteford, co. Kent. By K. on the
information of G. de Badlesmere.
Calendar of Fine Rolls vol 1 Edward I 1272-1307
p350 (1911)
1295. Feb. 15.
Conway.
Order to
the same to take into the king’s hand the lands late of Anselm de Gyses,
deceased, tenant in chief.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem vol 3
Edward I 1291-1300 pp172-3 (1912)
275. ANSELM
DE GYSE alias
DE GISE.
Writ, 10 Feb. 23
Edw. I.
KENT. Inq. Friday
the feast of the Annunciation, 23 Edw. I.
La
Ruehille. A manor (extent given) held of Sir William de Grandissono in
chief by service of 35s. 10d. yearly, and suit at his court of Derteford every three weeks.
John his son, aged 18, is his next heir;
but this manor is divisible, and all his sons are heirs, but the age of
the other sons is unknown.
GLOUCESTER. Inq.
Saturday after the Invention of the Holy Cross, 23 Edw. I.
Elmore. A messuage &c., a dovecot,
320a. arable, 20a.
meadow, 2a. wood, a several
fishery, a windmill, 50s. 11½d. rents of freemen, 40s.
of rent called ‘watergavel,’ works &c. worth 114s.,
and 20s. pleas &c. of
court, held of Lady Hawis de Greyli, one of the heirs of Sir John de
Burgh, rendering a clove gillyflower yearly for all service.
John his son, aged 17 ... . Barnabas the
Apostle, 22 Edw. I, is his next heir.
BEDFORD. Inq.
taken at the chapel of Wouburn, 8 April, 23 [Edw. I].
Asple. The manor (extent given with details of services),
including rents of 1lb. pepper
from the lord of Saleford, 1lb.
cummin from Geoffrey Grigori, ½lb.
cummin from Gilbert son of Elias Parnel, a pair of spurs from Geoffrey
Grigori, and 12d. for a cottage
from Richard le Juvene, held in chief of Hawis late the wife of Robert
de Greyli by service of ½ knight’s fee.
He held nothing of the king in chief in the county.
He died on 7 Feb. 23 Edw. I. Heir as above, aged 17 and more.
Writ of plenius certiorari to
the treasurer &c. of the exchequer directing them to search the
rolls of the exchequer and inform the king whether they find that the
said Anselm held nothing of the king in chief, 18 May, 23 Edw. I.
C.
Edw. I. File 71. (22.)
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1288-1296
p414 (1904)
1295. June 25.
Oswestry (Album Monasterium.)
To
Malcolm de Harle, escheator this side Trent. Order not to intermeddle
further with the lands that Anselm de Gyse held at his death, and to
restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by
the escheator and also by a writ of exchequer that Anselm at his death
held nothing of the king in chief by reason whereof the custody of his
lands ought to pertain to the king.
Transactions - Bristol and Gloucestershire
Archaeological Society for 1878-9 vol 3 pp49-54 (1912)
ELMORE AND THE
FAMILY OF GUISE,
By SIR JOHN MACLEAN, F.S.A.,
OUR
attention was first attracted to this subject by observing, when on a
visit at Elmore, mounted and framed, and hung up in the drawing room, a
duplicate of the original Charter by which John, son of the famous
Hubert de Burgh, Karl of Kent, granted to Anselme de Gyse, for his
homage and service, all the manor of Elmore, to be held to the said
Anselme, and the heirs of his body for ever, of the said John and his
heirs, by the payment of unum clavum
gariophili at Easter. This Charter is undated, and among the
muniments, at Elmore is the original, with the seal, in white wax,
attached. The seal is much broken at the edges, otherwise it is in fair
condition. On the obverse it bears the figure of a mounted knight,
brandishing his sword, his shield, and the mantlings of his horse being
charged with the arms of de Burgh: lozengy,
gules and vair. A portion of the legend is broken away. On the
reverse side are the arms of de Burgh, on a heater-shaped shield,
surrounded by the words SIGILLUM SECRETI.
Though this charter is without date, we can fix the time at which it was
made, for on a search at the Public Record Office we were so fortunate
as to discover the fine passed for the warranty of the Charter. It was
levied on the morrow of the Ascension of our Lord, 1274, and for this
fine Anselme de Gyse gave the said John de Burgh one soare sparrowhawk (unum sparvarium sorum), sorum
signifying a reddish colour, denoting the age of the bird, that is to
say, a young hawk. It is, however, somewhat remarkable that the fine
differs from the Charter in respect to the rent reserved, it being
stated in the former to be a pair of gilt spurs (calcarium
de auratorum), but that the fine in this particular was
erroneous we shall see by subsequent documents.
... Anselme de Gyse, the grantee of the manor of Elmore, as
mentioned above, is shewn in the pedigree as fourth in descent, or great
grandson, of the aforesaid Guy. He died on 7th Feb. 1294-5, and it
appears from the Inquisition taken thereupon for the county of Bedford,
that he died seized of the manor of Aspeley, which he held in Capite of
Hawisia, who was the wife of Robert de Greli, by the service of one
knight’s fee. From the Inquisition taken on the same occasion for the
county of Kent, it appears that the said Anselme held a manor called
Ruchille, in that county, of Sir William de Grandisson, in capite, by
the service of 31s. 10d. per annum, and suit at the court of the Manor
of Derteford, and the jurors say that John, son of the said Anselme, is
his nearest heir, and is aged 18 years; but, they say, the same manor is
divisible, and that all the sons of the said Anselme are heirs, but of
the ages of the other sons they are ignorant. The Inquisition most
interesting to us, however, is that taken for the county of Gloucester,
inasmuch as the extent of the Manor of Elmore, with all its franchises,
is shewn in great detail, together with the value of the same:—The
jurors say that the said Anselme held in the ville of Elmore, one
messuage, with garden and courtlage, and the value per annum is 6s. 8d.;
they say, there is also one dovecot, and the value per annum is 2s. He
held there in demesne xvj acres of arable land, and the value per acre
per annum is iiijd, total 106s. 8d.; he held there 20 acres of meadow,
value each acre per annum 2s., total 40s.; they say there are also there
2 acres of wood and underwood, worth nil.;
there are there several fisheries, value per annum, £1 13s. 4d.; there
is there one windmill, and the value per annum is 6s. 8d. There are
there free rents of assize to the value of 50s. 11½d.; paid at the feast
of St. Michael, 38s. 11½d.; and at the feast of St. John Baptist, 12s.;
and there is there a rent which is called water gavel, per annum, 40s.,
paid at the feast of Purilication, B.V.M.; works and customs, value per
annum, 114s; which is paid at the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed
Mary in autumn, 11s.; at the feast of St. Michael, 17s.; at the feast of
St. Andrew, 20s.; at the Nativity of our Lord, 29s.; and at Easter
floridum (Palm Sunday), 20s.; and at the feast of St. John Baptist,
17s.; pleas and perquisites of Courts, value per annum, 20s.; total
value per annum, £24 0s. 3½d. And the jurors say that the said Anselme
held all the aforesaid tenements of Lady Hawisia de Greyli, one of the
heirs of John de Burgh, at the rent of unum
clavum gariophili for all services.
Beatrice and her sisters, Nichola and Margery, are named as daughters of
Maud (Matilda) de Crioll (Kuriel) in a confirmation of a donation to the
church of the manor of Blaysworth.
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 p283 (William
Dugdale, 1846)
Cartae
ad Prioratum de Bissemede in agro Bedfordiensi spectantes.
... NUM. VI.
Carta Dominarum de Stoktone, prædictam Donationem de Manerio de
Blaysworth confirmans.
[Ibid. f. 63 b.]
OMNIBUS sanctæ matris ecclesiæ filiis ad quos
præsens scriptum pervenerit, Nicholaa, Margeria, et Beatrix, dominæ de
magna Stoktone, et filiæ Matildis de Kuriel, salutem in Domino
sempiternam. Noveritis, quod cum domina Isabella Pauncefot dederit et
cartâ suâ confirmaverit Deo et ecclesiæ beatæ Mariæ de Bishemede,
priori et canonicis ibidum Deo servientibus et in perpetuum
servituris, manerium suum de Blaysworth, cum hominibus et tenentibus
et omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis; salvis dominis feodi serviciis et
consuetudinibus inde eis debitis et consuetis, sicut in carta ipsa,
quam vidimus et plenariò intelleximus, pleniùs continetur. Nos
considerantes benevolentiam et affectum dominæ quondam Matildis de
Kuriel matris nostræ, in dicta ecclesia tumulatæ quæ erga dictum locum
et canonicos habuit; ac idem manerium in sectis curiæ et relevio pro
uno feodo militis nobis teneatur ad remotionem cujusque prioris de
Bishemede, et in aliis serviciis diversis; pro salute animæ ejusdem
matris nostræ et animarum nostrarum; et animæ Rogeri de Rollinges, et
antecessorum et successorum nostrorum, pro nobis et hæredibus, seu
quibuscunque assignatis et successoribus nostris, remisimus et quietum
clamavimus prædictis canonicis relevia prædicta et sectas prædictas
eidem priori et canonicis imperpetuum, &c. In cujus, &c.
which translates roughly as:
Charters
pertaining to the Priory of Bissemede in Bedfordshire.
... No. 6.
Charter of the Ladies of Stockton, confirming the aforesaid Donation of
the Manor of Blaysworth.
[Ibid. f. 63 b.]
TO all the children of the holy mother of the church
to whom this inscription has been reached, Nichola, Margery, and Beatrice,
mistresses of Great Stockton, and daughters of Matilda de Kuriel,
greetings in the Lord for ever. You shall know that when Lady Isabel
Pauncefot gave and confirmed by her charter to God and to the church of
blessed Mary of Bishemede, prior and canons there serving God, and will
serve forever, her manor of Blaysworth, with men and tenants and all their
other appurtenances; except to the owners of the fee for the services and
customs due and customary from them, as is contained more fully in the
charter itself, which we have seen and fully understood. We reflect on the
benevolence and affection of our former mistress Matilda de Kuriel, our
mother, buried in the said church which had respect to the said place and
canons; and that the same manor in the suits of the court and relief is
bound to us for one knight's fee for the removal of each former from
Bishemede, and in different services; for the salvation of the soul of our
mother and of our souls; and to the souls of Roger de Rollinges, and our
ancestors and successors, on behalf of us and our heirs, or any of our
assigns and successors, we have remitted and quitted the aforesaid
canonical reliefs and the aforesaid sects to the same prior and canons in
perpetuity, &c. In whose, &c.
The following extract from the Close Rolls
appears to show that Beatrice was a sister of Nicholas de Crioll, and thus a
daughter of Nicholas's father, also Nicholas. I am persuaded, however, that
an error in the extraction or translation has occurred and the extract
should read "sisters of Nicholaa de Cryoll" rather than "sisters of
Nicholas de Cryoll". This view is supported by the entry in the Patent Rolls regarding Nicholas's lawsuit that
more clearly states that Beatrice and Margery are sisters of Nicholaa.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls 2 Edward I 1273-1274
p536 (1882)
m. 2d. (57). Stockton (“Stocton”) (Hunts); appointment of
Geoffrey de Leukenore and John de Mettingham to take the assise of mort
dancestor arraigned by Nicholas de Crioyll’ against Nicholaa de Crioyll’,
Margery and Beatrix her sisters, touching a moiety of the manor of.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1272-1279
p92 (1900)
1274. July 17.
Westminster.
To
Master R. de Cliff[ord], escheator this side Trent. Order to cause
Nicholaa de Cryoll’, Margery and Beatrice, sisters of Nicholas de
Cryoll’, tenant in chief, to have seisin of a moiety of the manor of
Stocton, together with the issues thereof, as the escheator, believing
that Nicholas was seised at his death of the said moiety in his demesne
as of fee ejected Nicholaa, Margery and Beatrice from their seisin
thereof and took it into the king’s hands, and the king learns by
inquisition taken by the escheator that Nicholas at his death was not
seised of a moiety of the manor, because he had given it to Roger de
Leyburn, and at the time when Nicholas held the moiety he held it of the
bishop of Lincoln by the courtesy of England of the inheritance of his
first wife.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1296-1302
p194 (1904)
1298. Feb. 10.
Langley.
Fulk de
Lucy acknowledges that he owes to Beatrice, late the wife of Anselm de
Gyse, and executrix of his will, 20 marks; to be levied, in default of
payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Warwick.
In October 1313 Beatrice's son, John, sold the manor of Aspele in
Bedfordshire, a third of which Beatrice still held in dower.
Feet
of Fines: CP 25/1/285/24
CP 25/1/3/42,
number 18.
Link: Image
of document at AALT
County: Bedfordshire.
Place: Westminster.
Date: Two weeks from St
Michael, 7 Edward II [13 October 1313]
Parties: Robert
Louet, querent, and John de
Gyse the elder, deforciant.
Property: The manor of Aspele, of which John
de Triple and John le Luter
hold 2 parts for their lives and Beatrice
de Gyse the third part in dower.
Action: Plea of covenant.
Agreement: Robert has
acknowledged the manor to be the right of John.
For this: John has granted for himself and his heirs that
the 2 parts - which John de Triple and John le Luter held for their lives
- and also that the third part - which Beatrice held in dower - of the
inheritance of John de Gyse on the day the agreement was made, and which 2
parts after the decease of John de Triple and John le Luter and the third
part after the decease of Beatrice ought to revert to John de Gyse and his
heirs - after the decease of John de Triple and John le Luter and Beatrice
shall remain to Robert, to hold of John de Gyse and his heirs for the life
of Robert, rendering yearly 1 rose at the feast of the Nativity of St John
the Baptist, and doing to the chief lords all other services. And after
the decease of Robert the manor shall remain to John,
son of John de Gyse, and Margaret,
his wife, and the heirs begotten by John on the body of Margaret, to hold
of the aforesaid John de Gyse the elder and his heirs for ever, rendering
yearly 1 rose at the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, and
doing to the chief lords all other services. In default of such heirs, the
manor shall revert to the aforesaid John de Gyse and his heirs, quit of
the other heirs of John, son of John, and Margaret, to hold of the chief
lords for ever..
Note:
This agreement was made in the presence of John de Triple and John le
Luter and Beatrice, and they did fealty to Robert in the court.
Beatrix was alive at least until 1327.
Transactions - Bristol and Gloucestershire
Archaeological Society for 1878-9 vol 3 p54 (1912)
ELMORE AND THE
FAMILY OF GUISE,
By SIR JOHN MACLEAN, F.S.A.,
... In 1313-4 a
fine was levied between William de Lamborne quer., and John de Gyse,
senr., def, of the Manor of Elmor, &c, whereby two parts of the said
manor were settled upon the said John, and the third part, which Beatrix
who was the wife of Anselme de Gyse held in dower, was to revert to the
said John after the death of the said Beatrix, with remainder to John
the son of the said John, and the heirs of his body, in default of such
issue, remainder to the right heirs of the aforesaid John de Gyse,
senior.
We do not know the date of the death of John de Gyse, sen., but
Beatrix was alive in 1327, for in that year John de Gyse was assessed to
the subsidy at the rate of 7s. 3d., and Beatrix de Gyse at the rate of
6s. 8¾d. upon lands in Elmore.
The VCH History of the County of
Huntingdonshire confuses Simon and Nicholas de Crioll, incorrectly
stating the latter to Beatrice's father.
A
History of the County of Huntingdon vol 2 pp354-369 (1932)
GREAT
STAUGHTON
It would appear that Nicholas de Crioll married firstly Maud, probably
the daughter of William de Eynesford, by whom he had three daughters,
Nicholaa, Margery, and Beatrice, and secondly Joan, daughter and heir of
William de Auberville of Eynesford (co. Kent), by whom he had a son
Nicholas, a minor at the time of his father's death in 1273. Of the
daughters, who inherited their mother's property, Nicholaa married Adam
de Creting, Margery seems to have died unmarried, and Beatrice married
Anselm de Gyse.
Margery de Crioll
Simon de Crioll
Maud
(de Esseford) de Crioll
Margery and her sisters, Nichola and Beatrice, are named as daughters of
Maud (Matilda) de Crioll (Kuriel) in a confirmation of a donation to the
church of the manor of Blaysworth.
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 p283 (William
Dugdale, 1846)
Cartae
ad Prioratum de Bissemede in agro Bedfordiensi spectantes.
... NUM. VI.
Carta Dominarum de Stoktone, prædictam Donationem de Manerio de
Blaysworth confirmans.
[Ibid. f. 63 b.]
OMNIBUS sanctæ matris ecclesiæ filiis ad quos
præsens scriptum pervenerit, Nicholaa, Margeria, et Beatrix, dominæ de
magna Stoktone, et filiæ Matildis de Kuriel, salutem in Domino
sempiternam. Noveritis, quod cum domina Isabella Pauncefot dederit et
cartâ suâ confirmaverit Deo et ecclesiæ beatæ Mariæ de Bishemede,
priori et canonicis ibidum Deo servientibus et in perpetuum
servituris, manerium suum de Blaysworth, cum hominibus et tenentibus
et omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis; salvis dominis feodi serviciis et
consuetudinibus inde eis debitis et consuetis, sicut in carta ipsa,
quam vidimus et plenariò intelleximus, pleniùs continetur. Nos
considerantes benevolentiam et affectum dominæ quondam Matildis de
Kuriel matris nostræ, in dicta ecclesia tumulatæ quæ erga dictum locum
et canonicos habuit; ac idem manerium in sectis curiæ et relevio pro
uno feodo militis nobis teneatur ad remotionem cujusque prioris de
Bishemede, et in aliis serviciis diversis; pro salute animæ ejusdem
matris nostræ et animarum nostrarum; et animæ Rogeri de Rollinges, et
antecessorum et successorum nostrorum, pro nobis et hæredibus, seu
quibuscunque assignatis et successoribus nostris, remisimus et quietum
clamavimus prædictis canonicis relevia prædicta et sectas prædictas
eidem priori et canonicis imperpetuum, &c. In cujus, &c.
which translates roughly as:
Charters
pertaining to the Priory of Bissemede in Bedfordshire.
... No. 6.
Charter of the Ladies of Stockton, confirming the aforesaid Donation of
the Manor of Blaysworth.
[Ibid. f. 63 b.]
TO all the children of the holy mother of the church
to whom this inscription has been reached, Nichola, Margery, and Beatrice,
mistresses of Great Stockton, and daughters of Matilda de Kuriel,
greetings in the Lord for ever. You shall know that when Lady Isabel
Pauncefot gave and confirmed by her charter to God and to the church of
blessed Mary of Bishemede, prior and canons there serving God, and will
serve forever, her manor of Blaysworth, with men and tenants and all their
other appurtenances; except to the owners of the fee for the services and
customs due and customary from them, as is contained more fully in the
charter itself, which we have seen and fully understood. We reflect on the
benevolence and affection of our former mistress Matilda of Kuriel, our
mother, buried in the said church which had respect to the said place and
canons; and that the same manor in the suits of the court and relief is
bound to us for one knight's fee for the removal of each former from
Bishemede, and in different services; for the salvation of the soul of our
mother and of our souls; and to the souls of Roger de Rollinges, and our
ancestors and successors, on behalf of us and our heirs, or any of our
assigns and successors, we have remitted and quitted the aforesaid
canonical reliefs and the aforesaid sects to the same prior and canons in
perpetuity, &c. In whose, &c.
The following extract from the Close Rolls
appears to show that Margery was a sister of Nicholas de Crioll, and thus a
daughter of Nicholas's father, also Nicholas. I am persuaded, however, that
an error in the extraction or translation has occurred and the extract
should read "sisters of Nicholaa de Cryoll" rather than "sisters of
Nicholas de Cryoll". This view is supported by the entry in the Patent Rolls regarding Nicholas's lawsuit that
more clearly states that Beatrice and Margery are sisters of Nicholaa.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls 2 Edward I 1273-1274
p536 (1882)
m. 2d. (57). Stockton (“Stocton”) (Hunts); appointment of
Geoffrey de Leukenore and John de Mettingham to take the assise of mort
dancestor arraigned by Nicholas de Crioyll’ against Nicholaa de Crioyll’,
Margery and Beatrix her sisters, touching a moiety of the manor of.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1272-1279
p92 (1900)
1274. July 17.
Westminster.
To
Master R. de Cliff[ord], escheator this side Trent. Order to cause
Nicholaa de Cryoll’, Margery and Beatrice, sisters of Nicholas de
Cryoll’, tenant in chief, to have seisin of a moiety of the manor of
Stocton, together with the issues thereof, as the escheator, believing
that Nicholas was seised at his death of the said moiety in his demesne
as of fee ejected Nicholaa, Margery and Beatrice from their seisin
thereof and took it into the king’s hands, and the king learns by
inquisition taken by the escheator that Nicholas at his death was not
seised of a moiety of the manor, because he had given it to Roger de
Leyburn, and at the time when Nicholas held the moiety he held it of the
bishop of Lincoln by the courtesy of England of the inheritance of his
first wife.
The VCH History of the County of
Huntingdonshire confuses Simon and Nicholas de Crioll, incorrectly
stating the latter to Margery's father.
A
History of the County of Huntingdon vol 2 pp354-369 (1932)
GREAT
STAUGHTON
It would appear that Nicholas de Crioll married firstly Maud, probably
the daughter of William de Eynesford, by whom he had three daughters,
Nicholaa, Margery, and Beatrice, and secondly Joan, daughter and heir of
William de Auberville of Eynesford (co. Kent), by whom he had a son
Nicholas, a minor at the time of his father's death in 1273. Of the
daughters, who inherited their mother's property, Nicholaa married Adam
de Creting, Margery seems to have died unmarried, and Beatrice married
Anselm de Gyse.
Nichola (de Crioll) de Creting
Simon de Crioll
Maud
(de Esseford) de Crioll
Adam
de Creting
This marriage had occurred by 1276, when a deed records an agreement between
Roger de Rolling (Nichola's stepfather) and "Adam de Cretinge and Nichola
his wife" (A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds vol 2
p551 Deed C.2362).
Nichola and her sisters, Margery and Beatrice, are named as daughters of
Maud (Matilda) de Crioll (Kuriel) in a confirmation of a donation to the
church of the manor of Blaysworth.
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 p283 (William
Dugdale, 1846)
Cartae
ad Prioratum de Bissemede in agro Bedfordiensi spectantes.
... NUM. VI.
Carta Dominarum de Stoktone, prædictam Donationem de Manerio de
Blaysworth confirmans.
[Ibid. f. 63 b.]
OMNIBUS sanctæ matris ecclesiæ filiis ad quos
præsens scriptum pervenerit, Nicholaa, Margeria, et Beatrix, dominæ de
magna Stoktone, et filiæ Matildis de Kuriel, salutem in Domino
sempiternam. Noveritis, quod cum domina Isabella Pauncefot dederit et
cartâ suâ confirmaverit Deo et ecclesiæ beatæ Mariæ de Bishemede,
priori et canonicis ibidum Deo servientibus et in perpetuum
servituris, manerium suum de Blaysworth, cum hominibus et tenentibus
et omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis; salvis dominis feodi serviciis et
consuetudinibus inde eis debitis et consuetis, sicut in carta ipsa,
quam vidimus et plenariò intelleximus, pleniùs continetur. Nos
considerantes benevolentiam et affectum dominæ quondam Matildis de
Kuriel matris nostræ, in dicta ecclesia tumulatæ quæ erga dictum locum
et canonicos habuit; ac idem manerium in sectis curiæ et relevio pro
uno feodo militis nobis teneatur ad remotionem cujusque prioris de
Bishemede, et in aliis serviciis diversis; pro salute animæ ejusdem
matris nostræ et animarum nostrarum; et animæ Rogeri de Rollinges, et
antecessorum et successorum nostrorum, pro nobis et hæredibus, seu
quibuscunque assignatis et successoribus nostris, remisimus et quietum
clamavimus prædictis canonicis relevia prædicta et sectas prædictas
eidem priori et canonicis imperpetuum, &c. In cujus, &c.
which translates roughly as:
Charters
pertaining to the Priory of Bissemede in Bedfordshire.
... No. 6.
Charter of the Ladies of Stockton, confirming the aforesaid Donation of
the Manor of Blaysworth.
[Ibid. f. 63 b.]
TO all the children of the holy mother of the church
to whom this inscription has been reached, Nichola, Margery, and Beatrice,
mistresses of Great Stockton, and daughters of Matilda de Kuriel,
greetings in the Lord for ever. You shall know that when Lady Isabel
Pauncefot gave and confirmed by her charter to God and to the church of
blessed Mary of Bishemede, prior and canons there serving God, and will
serve forever, her manor of Blaysworth, with men and tenants and all their
other appurtenances; except to the owners of the fee for the services and
customs due and customary from them, as is contained more fully in the
charter itself, which we have seen and fully understood. We reflect on the
benevolence and affection of our former mistress Matilda of Kuriel, our
mother, buried in the said church which had respect to the said place and
canons; and that the same manor in the suits of the court and relief is
bound to us for one knight's fee for the removal of each former from
Bishemede, and in different services; for the salvation of the soul of our
mother and of our souls; and to the souls of Roger de Rollinges, and our
ancestors and successors, on behalf of us and our heirs, or any of our
assigns and successors, we have remitted and quitted the aforesaid
canonical reliefs and the aforesaid sects to the same prior and canons in
perpetuity, &c. In whose, &c.
The following extract from the Close Rolls
appears to show that Nichola was a sister of Nicholas de Crioll, and thus a
daughter of Nicholas's father, also Nicholas. I am persuaded, however, that
an error in the extraction or translation has occurred and the extract
should read "sisters of Nicholaa de Cryoll" rather than "sisters of
Nicholas de Cryoll". This view is supported by the entry in the Patent Rolls regarding Nicholas's lawsuit that
more clearly states that Beatrice and Margery are sisters of Nicholaa.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls 2 Edward I 1273-1274
p536 (1882)
m. 2d. (57). Stockton (“Stocton”) (Hunts); appointment of
Geoffrey de Leukenore and John de Mettingham to take the assise of mort
dancestor arraigned by Nicholas de Crioyll’ against Nicholaa de Crioyll’,
Margery and Beatrix her sisters, touching a moiety of the manor of.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1272-1279
p92 (1900)
1274. July 17.
Westminster.
To
Master R. de Cliff[ord], escheator this side Trent. Order to cause
Nicholaa de Cryoll’, Margery and Beatrice, sisters of Nicholas de
Cryoll’, tenant in chief, to have seisin of a moiety of the manor of
Stocton, together with the issues thereof, as the escheator, believing
that Nicholas was seised at his death of the said moiety in his demesne
as of fee ejected Nicholaa, Margery and Beatrice from their seisin
thereof and took it into the king’s hands, and the king learns by
inquisition taken by the escheator that Nicholas at his death was not
seised of a moiety of the manor, because he had given it to Roger de
Leyburn, and at the time when Nicholas held the moiety he held it of the
bishop of Lincoln by the courtesy of England of the inheritance of his
first wife.
Nichola is named as Adam's wife in Adam's IPM.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem vol 3
Edward I p384 (1912)
354.
ADAM DE CRETING alias
DE CRETYNGGE, DE CRETINGK.
Writ, 24 Sept. 26 Edw. I.
ESSEX. Inq. 30
June, 27 Edw. I.
Rumford in Haveryngge. The said Adam and Nichola his wife were
enfeoffed jointly of the manor by the king, to hold of him by service of
¼ knight’s fee, and the said Adam demised the manor to one Henry le
Convers of Winchester, to hold of him and his heirs by service of ¼
knight’s fee and 1d. yearly;
and the said Adam did the said service for his whole life to the king,
and died in his homage.
The VCH History of the County of
Huntingdonshire confuses Simon and Nicholas de Crioll, incorrectly
stating the latter to Nichola's father.
A
History of the County of Huntingdon vol 2 pp354-369 (1932)
GREAT
STAUGHTON
It would appear that Nicholas de Crioll married firstly Maud, probably
the daughter of William de Eynesford, by whom he had three daughters,
Nicholaa, Margery, and Beatrice, and secondly Joan, daughter and heir of
William de Auberville of Eynesford (co. Kent), by whom he had a son
Nicholas, a minor at the time of his father's death in 1273. Of the
daughters, who inherited their mother's property, Nicholaa married Adam
de Creting, Margery seems to have died unmarried, and Beatrice married
Anselm de Gyse.
Simon de Crioll
Maud
de Esseford
This marriage occurred before 18 October 1243, when a document refers to
"Simon de Cryoyl and Maud his wife" (Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1232-1247
p398).
- Nichola de Crioll
- Margery de Crioll
- Beatrice de Crioll
- 8 sons, aged 30, 24, 23, 20, 15, 14, 12 and 11 at their father's IPM
in 52 Henry III [1267], putting their approximated dates of birth at
1237, 1243, 1244, 1247, 1252, 1253, 1255 and 1256. The daughters' birth
years probably occur in the bigger gaps. One of the sons, presumably the
eldest, was named William.
The ownership of the manor of Stocton (Staughton) around this time is
complicated, but allows us to understand the ancestry of Nichola, Margery
and Beatrice de Crioll. It appears that Nicholas de Crioll, the warden of
the Cinque Ports, and a kinsman of Simon de Crioll, came into possession of
the manor through his first wife, Joan de Auberville, daughter and heir of
William de Auberville of Eynesford (co. Kent) and he, along with William
Heringauld, representing another co-heir of William de Auberville held the
manor in 1265 (Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous (Chancery)
vol 1 [Henry III and Edward I] p219). Nicholas and William sold the
manor to Roger de Leyburne who, in 1271, exchanged it, for the manor of
Ashford in Kent, with Maud, daughter of William de Eshetesford, now married
to Roger Rolling (A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds vol 5
p195 Deed A.11176). In 1274, Nicholaa, Margery and Beatrice de Crioll
are documented as daughters of Maud de Crioll, and mistresses of Great
Stockton.
Nichola and her sisters, Margery and Beatrice, are named as daughters of
Maud (Matilda) de Crioll (Kuriel) in a confirmation of a donation to the
church of the manor of Blaysworth, and as mistresses of Great Stockton,
evidence that Nichola, Margery and Beatrice were daughters of Simon de
Crioll and Maud (de Esseford) de Crioll.
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 p283 (William
Dugdale, 1846)
Cartae
ad Prioratum de Bissemede in agro Bedfordiensi spectantes.
... NUM. VI.
Carta Dominarum de Stoktone, prædictam Donationem de Manerio de
Blaysworth confirmans.
[Ibid. f. 63 b.]
OMNIBUS sanctæ matris ecclesiæ filiis ad quos
præsens scriptum pervenerit, Nicholaa, Margeria, et Beatrix, dominæ de
magna Stoktone, et filiæ Matildis de Kuriel, salutem in Domino
sempiternam. Noveritis, quod cum domina Isabella Pauncefot dederit et
cartâ suâ confirmaverit Deo et ecclesiæ beatæ Mariæ de Bishemede,
priori et canonicis ibidum Deo servientibus et in perpetuum
servituris, manerium suum de Blaysworth, cum hominibus et tenentibus
et omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis; salvis dominis feodi serviciis et
consuetudinibus inde eis debitis et consuetis, sicut in carta ipsa,
quam vidimus et plenariò intelleximus, pleniùs continetur. Nos
considerantes benevolentiam et affectum dominæ quondam Matildis de
Kuriel matris nostræ, in dicta ecclesia tumulatæ quæ erga dictum locum
et canonicos habuit; ac idem manerium in sectis curiæ et relevio pro
uno feodo militis nobis teneatur ad remotionem cujusque prioris de
Bishemede, et in aliis serviciis diversis; pro salute animæ ejusdem
matris nostræ et animarum nostrarum; et animæ Rogeri de Rollinges, et
antecessorum et successorum nostrorum, pro nobis et hæredibus, seu
quibuscunque assignatis et successoribus nostris, remisimus et quietum
clamavimus prædictis canonicis relevia prædicta et sectas prædictas
eidem priori et canonicis imperpetuum, &c. In cujus, &c.
which translates roughly as:
Charters
pertaining to the Priory of Bissemede in Bedfordshire.
... No. 6.
Charter of the Ladies of Stockton, confirming the aforesaid Donation of
the Manor of Blaysworth.
[Ibid. f. 63 b.]
TO all the children of the holy mother of the church
to whom this inscription has been reached, Nichola, Margery, and Beatrice,
mistresses of Great Stockton, and daughters of Matilda de Kuriel,
greetings in the Lord for ever. You shall know that when Lady Isabel
Pauncefot gave and confirmed by her charter to God and to the church of
blessed Mary of Bishemede, prior and canons there serving God, and will
serve forever, her manor of Blaysworth, with men and tenants and all their
other appurtenances; except to the owners of the fee for the services and
customs due and customary from them, as is contained more fully in the
charter itself, which we have seen and fully understood. We reflect on the
benevolence and affection of our former mistress Matilda of Kuriel, our
mother, buried in the said church which had respect to the said place and
canons; and that the same manor in the suits of the court and relief is
bound to us for one knight's fee for the removal of each former from
Bishemede, and in different services; for the salvation of the soul of our
mother and of our souls; and to the souls of Roger de Rollinges, and our
ancestors and successors, on behalf of us and our heirs, or any of our
assigns and successors, we have remitted and quitted the aforesaid
canonical reliefs and the aforesaid sects to the same prior and canons in
perpetuity, &c. In whose, &c.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1232-1247
p398 (1906)
1243. Oct. 18.
Westminster.
Charter
granting to Simon de Cryoyl and Maud his wife and their heirs free
warren in all their demesne lands of Asherdeford, of a weekly market
there on Saturdays, and a yearly fair for three days on the eve, day and
morrow of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist. Witnesses:—The
archbishop of York, R. bishop of Chichester, W. bishop of Carlisle, W.
bishop of Worcester, William Lungespe, W. de Cantilupo, Geoffrey le
Despenser, Robert de Mucegros, John de Plesseto, P. Peyvre, Nicholas de
Bolevill, Richard de Clifford, Walter de Luton, Theobald de Englechevill
and others.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1247-1258
p140 (1908)
1252. May 21.
Merton.
Exemption, for life, of Simon de Crioll from being made coroner or from
being put on assizes, juries or recognitions.
In 1255, Simon de Crioll and John de Crioll, possibly his brother, are noted
to be among a group of men attending to the custody of the king's castle at
Dover.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1254-1256
p181 (1931)
1255.
Et quia
Johannes de Crioll’, Simon de Crioll’, Thomas Abbelyn, Willelmus de
Mareswurth’, Willelmus de Orlaveston’, senior, Johannes de Suanes,
Henricus Malemeyns, Johannes Peverell’, Petrus de Burton’, Robertus
Turneboel, magister Girardus, Clemens de Walwar’, Hugo de Lesseburn’,
Thomas Mauntel et Egidius Balistarius sunt intendentes custodie castri
regis Dovor’; habent eandem quietanciam ad presens.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1247-1258
pp645-6 (1908)
1258. Aug. 4.
Westminster.
Mandate
to Alvred de Lincolnia, Ivo de Rocheford, John de Stroda and William de
Kaynnesof the county of Dorset, in pursuance of an ordinance lately made
in the parliament of Oxford [compare Fœdera
quoted from the Annals of Burton]
to enquire touching excesses, trespasses and injuries committed in that
county, and to bring their inquisition personally to Westminster by the
octaves of Michaelmas, for delivery to the
council. By C.
Mandate in pursuance to the
sheriff. By the same.
In the form of the said letters patent it is written to four
knights of each county following, and in the form of the said letters
close it is written to each sheriff in
England;— By C.
... Kent.
Simon de Kryollis
Fulk Peyforer
John de Sandwico
Geoffrey de Scolond
Villare
Cantianum p55 (John Philipot, 1776)
ASHFORD, in the hundred of Chart and Longbridge, was one of those manors
which was marshalled under the jurisdiction and propriety of the eminent
family of Crioll. Simon de Crioll, in the twenty seventh and twenty
eighth year of Henry the third, obtained a charter of free warren to his
manor of Ashford, and Mawde de Crioll, his widow, died seized of it in
the fifty second year of Henry the third, and left it to her son William
de Keriell, who, as William Glover, Somerset, herald out of an old court
roll does attest, confirmed that change his mother had designed in her
life time, and passed away this manor to Roger de Leybourne for Stocton
in Huntington-shire, and Rumford in Essex
p281
RIDLINGSWOULD
... Oxney-house in this
parish, was an ancient seat of the noble family of Criol. Matilda, widow
of Simon de Criol, died possessed of it, in the fifty-second year of
Henry the third, and transmitted it to Bertram de Criol, who held it at
his death, which was in the twenty-third year of Edward the first, Rot. Esc. Num. After him his son
Bertram de Criol was settled in the possession, but was not long lived
after his father, for he died in the thirty-fourth year of Edward the
first Rot. Esc. Num. 37, and
left it to his brother John Criol, who dying without issue, it was
brought to his sister Joan Criol, who by marrying with Sir Richard de
Rokesley, made it the inheritance of that name and family, and was in
possession of it at her death, which was in the fifteenth year of Edward
the second, Rot. Esc. Num. 95.
p351
WALMER is a member of Sandwich, and so is in no hundred: it was one of
those principal seats which owned the jurisdiction and signory of the
noble and spreading family of Crioll, written frequently likewise
Keriel. The first, whom I find to be possessed of it, was Matilda de
Crioll, widow of Simon de Crioll, and she in right of dower was in
possession of it at her death, which was in the fifty-second of Henry
the third, Rot. Esc. Num. 34.
The next of this name whom the beams of public record represent to me to
be the possessor of it, was Nicholas de Crioll, who enjoyed it at his
death, which was in the thirty-first of Edward the first Rot.
Esc. Num. 39.
The
History of Walmer and Walmer Castle p43 (Charles Robert
Stebbing Elvin, 1894)
Philipot
asserts that Matilda de Criol, widow of Simon de Criol, died possessed
of this manor, 52 Hen. III., A.D. 1278 [Vill.
Cant. p. 351]: while Furley, in his Weald
of Kent, mentions that a Simon de Crioll of Walmer was amongst
the fifty “leading men of Kent” who accompanied King Edward I. in the
Conquest of Scotland, and that he was knighted, A.D.
1300, for his services at the Siege of Caerlaveroch. The truth is that
both these Simons belonged to another branch of the great family of
Criol, who held not the manor of Walmer, but Cotmanton in Sholden, which
then ranked as a manor, and is said to have extended into this parish.
Simon de Criol, husband of Matilda, above mentioned, held Cotmanton of
the Abbot of St. Augustine’s, by knight service, temp.
Hen. III.
The VCH History of the County of
Huntingdonshire confuses Simon and Nicholas de Crioll, incorrectly
stating the latter to be the father of the sisters Nichola, Beatrice and
Margery.
A
History of the County of Huntingdon vol 2 pp354-369 (1932)
GREAT
STAUGHTON
This last William left coheirs, possibly daughters, who were represented
in 1265 by Nicholas de Crioll and William Heringaud or Herengod, perhaps
husbands of the coheirs, who, after the Battle of Evesham, were thought
to be rebels. They are later described as parceners of the inheritance
of William de Eynesford. It would appear that Nicholas de Crioll married
firstly Maud, probably the daughter of William de Eynesford, by whom he
had three daughters, Nicholaa, Margery, and Beatrice, and secondly Joan,
daughter and heir of William de Auberville of Eynesford (co. Kent), by
whom he had a son Nicholas, a minor at the time of his father's death in
1273. Of the daughters, who inherited their mother's property, Nicholaa
married Adam de Creting, Margery seems to have died unmarried, and
Beatrice married Anselm de Gyse. Before the death of Maud, Nicholas's
first wife, her moiety of the manor was conveyed to Roger de Leyburne.
William Heringaud, who married the other coheir of William de Eynesford,
succeeded his father Stephen in 1257 to the possessions in Kent. William
died before 1273, leaving a daughter Emma, but in 1293 the heir of
Stephen is said to have been Christine wife of William de Kirkeby, from
which it would appear that Emma died unmarried, so that the interest in
her mother's moiety would pass to her cousins, the Criolls. William
Heringaud, however, had conveyed the interest of his wife's moiety of
Staughton to Roger de Leyburne, who thus held the whole manor. About
1271 Roger de Leyburne and Eleanor de Vaux, Countess of Winchester, his
wife, exchanged the manor of Staughton, which they had of the gift of
Nicholas de Crioll and William Heringaud, with Roger de Rolling and
Maud, daughter of William de Eshetesford (Ashford), his wife, for lands
in Kent and Sussex. About this time the coheirs of Nicholas de Crioll
claimed that the grant to Roger de Leyburne was void, as Nicholas held
only by courtesy in right of his wife; consequently in 1274 the
escheator was ordered to give seisin of a moiety of the manor of
Staughton to Nicholaa, Margery and Beatrice. By 1279 Margery de Crioll
and Emma Heringaud were probably dead, as Adam de Creting and Anselm de
Gyse are said to have held the whole manor. The question whether Maud de
Crioll (Kyriel) was seised in her demesne as of fee of the manor of
Great Staughton, of which one moiety was held by Adam de Creting and
Nicholaa, and the other by Anselm de Gyse and Beatrice, was brought
before the justices of assize in 1286 and the case was adjourned to
Westminster, Adam de Rolling being vouched to warrant. The Crioll title
became established and in the same year Adam and Anselm were said to
hold the manor with view of frankpledge and free warren. By a series of
conveyances, the whole manor and the advowson became vested in Adam de
Creting and Nicholaa his wife.
about 1267
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem vol 1
Henry III 1235-1272 p214 (1904)
680. SIMON
DE CRYEL and MAUD
his wife.
Writ (missing). Inq. (undated and
defective).
His 8 sons, aged respectively 30, 24, 23, 20, 15, 14, 12 and 11, succeed
the said Simon equally in the following inheritance:—
[KENT.] [Esset]eford, Seveneton, Estesture, and
Pakemanston, 2 knights’ fees, viz.—3
carucates land, with the advowson of Esseteford, held by the said Maud
on the day when the said Simon died, of the king in chief by rendering
20s. yearly for the guard of
Dover castle.
Moningeham. 240a. of
gavelkind land held by the said Simon of the prior of Holy Trinity . . .
. . . and many husbandmen of that neighbourhood, service unspecified.
Twytham. 60a. held of
the archbishop and of the said prior, service unspecified.
Swatford. 60a. of rough
land (dura terra) held of the
abbot, &c. of [St. A]ugustine, service unspecified.
Sadhokesherst. 60a. of
the roughest (durssima) land
held of William and Henry de Sadhokesherst, rendering 2 marks.
And the said Maud shall hold a moiety of the above through her
marriage so long as she shall be a widow. (See
Rot. Fin. 52 Hen. III. m. 1.)
C.
Hen. III. File. 35. (14.)
Archaeologia Cantiana vol 5 1863 pp297-8
(1863)
INQUISITIONES POST MORTEM.
XLIII.
[Esc. No. 34 52 Hen. III., 1267.]
Inquisition of the lands of SIMON DE CRYEL,
and MATILDA, his wife, on the death of SIMON.
[This is] the Inquisition made of the lands and tenements of SIMON
DE CRYEL, and MATILDA, his wife,
on the day of the said
SIMON's death, by,—
Walter le Fulur,—John de Repeton,—Galfridus ate Brok,—Humfrey . .
. . . . . . . . le Grare,—Stephen Cusin,—Daniel Sprt,—John de
Wynelesbergh,—Nicholas ate Brok,—Thomas Ponnont,—Galfridus de
Swatford,—Matthew Fabr . . . . . . . ate Bremth, and Walter Fitz Hamon.
Who say on their oath, that the said MATILDA held
of our lord the King in capita
on the day of the said SIMON's death two knights’-fees in
[ESSE]TEFORD, SEVENETON,
and USTESTURE and PAKEMANSTON, to wit, 3
carucates of land with their appurtenances, which are worth per annum
£20, with the advowson of the church of ESSETEFORD, which
[is worth] per annum 30 marks, by payment annually of 20s.
to the Ward of the Castle of Dovor. And they say that the said Simon
held nothing of our lord the King in
capite, but held [at] MONINGEHAM 240 acres in
Gavelykende, which are worth, per annum, 40 marks in all issues, and
held these of the Prior of the Holy Trinity . . . . . . [et plur’
Husebund’ de illo insueto . . . .] And he also held at TWYCHAM
of the lord Archbishop and the said Prior 60 acres, worth per annum, in
all issues, 10 marks. And he held at SWATFORD 60 acres of
stubborn land, worth per annum, in entire income, 20s.,
and he held these of the Abbot of St. Augustine. And he held at SADHOKESHERST
of WILLIAM and HENRY DE SADOKESHERST
60 acres of most stubborn land, by paying thence to the said HENRY
and WILLIAM 2 marks; and they are worth per annum, in all
issues, 5s. And he has eight
sons, who all equally succeed him in the aforesaid inheritance, and his
eldest son is of 30 years, and the 2nd of 24, and the 3rd of 23, and the
4th of 20 years, and the 5th of 15 years, and the 6th of 14 years, and
the 7th of 12 years, and the 8th of 11 years. And the said MATILDA
was holding in right of marriage a moiety of all the aforesaid land so
long as she was a widow. In witness of which thing, all the aforesaid
inquisitors have to this inquisition affixed their seals.
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