1368-02-08, Westminster
To Roger de Wolfreton escheator in Essex. Order to take the fealty Cicely wife of John de Bohun of Midhurst according to the form of schedule enclosed, and not to meddle further with the manors Little Badewe and Kellevedon and the advowson of Badewe aforetaken into the king's hand by the said John's death, delivering her any issues thereof taken; as the king has learned by divers taken by the escheator, that the said John at his death no lands in that county in chief nor of any other in his demesne of fee, but by fine levied in the king's court with his licence held the jointly with the said Cicely by grant of Richard Laxman, le Graunt and Simon de Sutton to them and the heirs of their and that the manor of Kellevedon, 20 acres of land and 3 acres meadow excepted, is held in chief as of the honour of Dovorre the service of rendering 30s. yearly to the ward of Dovorre castle, said land and meadow and the manor and advowson of Badewe of than the king.
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