1417-05-24, Westminster

Order to the escheator in the county of York ; pursuant to an inquisition taken before him showing that a fine was levied in the king's court at Westminster, 3 Richard II, between Henry son of Henry de Percy and Elizabeth his wife, querents, and Henry de Percy, late earl of Northumberland, deforciant, touching the manors of Tadcastre, Grystwarth, Aystenby and Thorstanby, co. York, by which fine the said earl granted the manors to the said Henry (son of Henry) and Elizabeth and the heirs male of their bodies, to hold the same of the said late king and his heirs by the services due and customary, for ever; and that Henry (son of Henry) and Elizabeth were seised of the said manors by virtue of the fine, and had male issue of their bodies, to wit, Henry now earl of Northumberland ; and that Henry (son of Henry) died ; and that Elizabeth survived him, and was seised of the manors by virtue of the fine, and died so seised ; and that the said manors are held of the king in chief by knight service ; to take the fealty of the now earl and cause him to have full seisin of the manors, as the king for 40s. paid in the hanaper has respited his homage until the quinzaine of St. Martin next.