1347-05-17, Reading

Walter de Parles, sheriff of Northampton and escheator there. Order intermeddle further with the manor of Wolaston, restoring the issues to Richard Chaumberlein and Katherine de la Dale his wife, daughter de Berkele of Wolaston and of Margery his wife as by an taken by Robert de Pavely, then escheator in co. Northampton, the death of Thomas, by writ of diem clausit extremwn, it was found Thomas at his death held the said manor for life of the inheritance of his wife, daughter and heir of Robert le Bray, knight, and that it held in chief by service of a knight and of paying 20s. yearly to the of Northampton castle and 30s. yearly to the sheriff of Northampton fines, and that the manor is of fee of Chokes and that the said was his next heir and then aged thirty years, and afterwards at suit of Richard and Katherine showing that the manor was not held of but of Henry earl of Lancaster, the king ordered the said escheator an inquisition upon the matter, by which it was found that the said is held of the said earl immediately by two knights fees and the of paying 1d. rent yearly to him at Easter and suit of court at the of Hegham Ferrers every three weeks, and that the earl holds the of the king as of fee of Chokes, wherefore Richard and Katherine besought the king to order his hand to be amoved ; and the king has the record and process upon this affair before William de Thorp and justices appointed to hold pleas before the king, under the half ordering them to inspect the same and further to do what was in with the law and custom of the realm, and now it is found by inquisition in which Richard and Katherine placed themselves by made upon the premises, that the manor is held immediately of the in the form aforesaid and not of the king. to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer to discharge and Katherine and the said sheriff and escheator of the said issues the time of Thomas's death.