July 17, Inquisition

Writ to John Waleys, escheator in co. Leicester. Westminster. May 18 Edward III. [1344.] Inquisition : Stapilford. Tuesday before the Nativity of St. John the Two messuages and two virgates of land in Stapilford, which Margery the wife of Ralph son of Matthew de Stapilford holds for life, are of the value of 22s. 94d.; she holds the tenements by demise of Thomas de who was seised thereof in the year 6 Edward II, and demised them the said Margery and Ralph, sometime her husband, for their lives to hold him by the yearly service of a rose and doing the services due to the lords the fee, viz. 1/6. of cummin and 16s. yearly, with reversion to the said Thomas his heirs. One messuage and two virgates of land are held of the abbot of Croxton fealty and the yearly service of 16s. ; the other messuage is held of Reynold Gorham by the yearly service of 1b. of cummin. The said Thomas afterwards granted the reversion to Simon de Bereford his heirs, wherefor, after the death of her husband, the said Margery to the said Simon, by whose forfeiture the tenements ought to remain the king after her death. Six acres of land and 6d. of rent in Stapilford also came to the king's by the forfeiture of the said Simon, each acre being of the yearly value 3d.; the land is held of Henry, earl of Lancaster, by homage without any service ; the rent was granted to the said Simon and his heirs by Robert Gorham. C. Ing. Misc. File 151. (10.) 1888.