1350-09-01, Hertford

To the sheriffs of London. Order to pay to Nicholas de Lovayne, and his wife Margaret, late the wife of John de Pulteneye, a third part of a of 100 marks yearly for her dower, and to deliver the remaining two to Nicholas and to Margaret, mother of John's heir, as nearest to heir, for the heir's use, as by inquisition post mortem taken by John late mayor of London and escheator there, it was found that at his death held the said rent, of the king's grant to him and to the male of his body, to wit, 50/. of Queenhithe (de Ripa Megine) of that and 25 marks of the ferm of the city, and that William, John's son, his next heir and was aged nine years on 20 March last.