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1355-01-12, William Westminster

To the abbot and convent of Fountains. Request to grant to Alice de Pyry for life such maintenance of that house as John de Waltham, deceased, had there by the king's order. By p.s. [22977.] Enrolment of assignment of dower made by Richard Hody, escheator in Devon, by virtue of the king's writ directing him to assign dower of the manors of Stokereyeres and Rydelcomb except 40 acres of wood in Rydelcomb (which Reynold de Wylyngton, deceased, held for life of the inheritance of John son and heir of Henry de Wylyngton, a minor in the king's Mies to Isabel late the wife of Henry de Wylyngton, tenant in chief, whose oat the king had taken that she will not marry without his licence, the writ being dated on 20 June, and received on Thursday before St. Nicholas, 29 Edward III, namely the whole manor of Rydeleomb, made in the presence of John Loterel, knight, Richard de Brankescomb, William de Brightle, Thomas de Stouford, John de Southedon. Dated Rideleomb, Thursday before Hilary. Enrolment of assignment of dower made by the same escheator to Margaret late the wife of John de Beauchamp of Rym, tenant in chief, who has by the king's licence married Richard de Brauncecomb, and to the said Richard, by virtue of the king's writ to him dated 20 November in the 27th year of the reign, and received on Thursday before St. Thomas in the 29th year, of a kitchen with a dyeing chamber and other houses annexed thereto on the east of the new chamber in Bokerel, a messuage near the door of the court and a third part of a grange which extends towards the east part of the court there; a curtilage called Polhay which lies opposite Gavylmede, extending between the ditch of la Parke on the east of the new chamber and thence to the ditch of the new garden ; 23 acres 1 rood 9 perches of land in the old garden near the church, on the west; 323 acres 13 perches of arable land in la Bury which extend from Wytehullesthorne to a ditch which is between la Hokhay and the old garden; 12 acres of arable land in a close called Longelonde ; 143 acres of arable land in Radyngton to la Merche in length ; 18 acres 6 perches of arable land in la Merche on the west side, which lie between les Stakes and the way without the gate of John Fraunceys with a new bound there; all the wood of Potterne wode with 1 acre 1 rood of land in le Chastel on the north thereof; 7 acres of land for pasture in les Hammes on the south of Langehammes, with free access and pasture of all the way which extends from the court by the close of the meadow and the ditch of the meadow to the said Hammes ; 63 acres of alder wood in the park on the south of Blakalre as bounded; 83 acres of arable land in the said park, between le Conynger and the rear of the park, 104 acres 1 rood of meadow, to wit in Gavylmede, 4 acres 1 rood, and 6 acres on the south of Crenham; also 2s. 6d. yearly rent issuing from the free tenement which John Fraunceys and John Pomeray hold; 18s. 8/. yearly rent from the tenements of bondmen, to wit of those of William Coppe, Robert Persoun, Bartholomew Pomeray, John Rauf and . 243 Crosse, tenants in Bokerel; in Oulescomb a third part of a on the west side of the said messuage, a curtilage thereto attached ; 15 acres of arable land in Holecomb near the land of on either side of the way leading from Oulescomb to the with acre; a curtilage called Woureishay near Revemormede ; rood 6 perches of meadow in Taillouresheges, Revemormede a third part of a mill in Oulescomb; with all the land villeins, to wit, of John Pomeray, Richard Daske, Philip Lomene and Robert Geffray, which are worth 15s. 4d. 7s. 2 d. yearly of the free tenants, to wit of John Beneyt, and Henry Pyde. In the presence of John Luterel, knight, Wode, John Fraunceys, Simon Pytte. _ Dated Honeton, Monday that the record and process of the suit between the king and for the manor of Belestre is enrolled on the inner part of ( 244 ) 30.

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