1451-03-28, knight

Order to the escheator in the county of Somerset ; pursuant an inquisition taken before him showing that Thomas Beaumond on the day of his death held no lands, rents or services in said county of the king in chief, in demesne or in service, but John Mulys and Nicholas Tyrent, being lately seised in their as of fee of the manors of Wydecombe, Elworthy and Rafe and of the advowson of the church of Wydecombe, before the death of the said Thomas conveyed the said manors advowson, by their charter indented, to William Palton and the heirs of his body, under a condition that if the said should die without heir of his body, or if he or his heirs or any one of them should alien the said manors and or any parcel thereof, or should discontinue their . 203 estate therein, otherwise than to tenants to hold for life or at will according to the custom of the manor by customary rents and services without any diminution or prejudice, then, after the death of William or immediately after such alienation or discontinuance, the manors and advowson aforesaid should remain to the said Thomas and to John Pollard, master John Knyght rector of the church of Perkham, Thomas Gyffard, Henry Milleward rector of the church of Shyrwill and Richard Knyght clerk, their heirs and assigns for ever, by virtue of which conveyance the said William was seised in his demesne as of fee tail and died so seised, in the life-time of the said Thomas Beaumond, without heir of his body ; and that the said Thomas Gyffard likewise died ; after whose deaths the said Thomas Beaumond, John Pollard, John Knyght, Henry and Richard entered into thé said manors and advowson as into their remainder, and were seised thereof in their demesne as of fee; and that the said Thomas Beaumond on the day of his death thus held the said manors and advowson jointly with the said John Pollard, John Knyght, Henry and Richard, in form aforesaid, and died so seised ; and that the manors and advowson are held of others than the king ; to remove the king's hand from the said manors and advowson, if they are in the king's hand by the death of the said Thomas Beaumond and for no other cause, delivering to the said John Pollard, John Knyght, Henry and Richard any issues taken therefrom since the time of the death of the said Thomas Beaumond.