1449-05-14, pursuant late

Order to the escheator in the county of Southampton ; to an inquisition taken before him showing that Joyce the wife of Robert Baynard esquire on the day of her death the manor of Sylchestere and the advowson of the church the manor in her demesne as of fee tail, to herself and the heirs her body by the said Robert Baynard, to wit, a moiety of the and advowson aforesaid, called Le Overcourt, of the and grant of Philip Baynard deceased and Elizabeth his wife the said Robert Baynard and Joyce and the heirs of their to hold of the chief lords of that fee by the services due customary, as appears by a fine levied in the king's court at in the quinzaine of St. John Baptist 6 Henry IV William Thirnyng and his fellows then justices of the Bench, and the other moiety of the manor and advowson called Le Nethercourt, of the demise of William esquire and Robert Dyneley to the said Robert Baynard and Joyce and the heirs of their bodies, to hold of the chief lords of that fee by the services due and of right customary, with remainder to Philip Baynard, son and heir of the said Robert Baynard, and to the heirs of his body, and with remainder over to the right heirs of the said Robert Baynard, as appears by a certain charter indented, dated 12 March 17 Henry VI, the said William Brocas and Robert Dyneley having lately had the same of the gift and grant of the said Philip Baynard (son and heir of the said Robert Baynard) and Margaret his wife to them, their heirs and assigns, as appears by a fine levied in the king's court at Westminster in the quinzaine of St. Michael 17 Henry VI before John Inyn and his fellows then justices of the Common Bench ; and that the said two moieties of the manor and advowson comprise the whole of the manor aforesaid ; and that the manor is held of another than the king ; and that the said Joyce on the day of her death held 50 acres of heath, assart within the forest of Pambere, to herself and her heirs ; and that the said 50 acres are held of the king by service of 4s. 2d. (payable yearly at Michaelmas for all other services), for which the sheriff of the county is charged in his account at the Exchequer; and that John Baynard is the son and next heir of the said Robert Baynard and Joyce, begotten of the body of Joyce by Robert, and is the son and next heir of Joyce, and of full age ; to take the fealty of the said John Baynard and cause him to have full seisin of the said heath ; removing the king's hand from the said manor and advowson, and delivering to the said John Baynard any issues taken therefrom since the time of the death of the said Joyce.