Thomasine Hankeford

• Preferred Name: Thomasine Hankeford^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}
  
• Gender: F
  
• Burial: AFT 3 JUL 1453 in St. Michael and All Angels, Bampton, Devon, England at LATI: N0.989 LONG: E3.493 with note: Standard Place
  
• Death: 3 JUL 1453 in Bampton, Devon, England at LATI: N0.9892 LONG: E3.4925 with note: Standard Place
  
• Birth: MAR 1423 in Tavistock, Devon, England at LATI: N0.5456 LONG: E4.1444 with note: Standard Place
  
• FSID: LHTX-HRD
  
• Alt. Birth: 23 FEB 1423 in Tawstock, Devonshire, England at LATI: N1.0361 LONG: E4.0648
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Baroness FitzWarin
  
• Notes:

  === Name Suffix: [BrnessFitzWarin ===
  Name Suffix: [BrnessFitzWarin
  Ancestral File Number: 9F98-BX
  
  Visitation of Devon calls her Anna

• m. ABT 1440
• m. 3 AUG 1437 in Little Eaton, Derbyshire, England

1. Blanche Bourchier, b. 1442 in Baunton, Gloucestershire, England     d. 4 JAN 1483 in Sherwill, Devon, England

1. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Richard Hankeford, knight
   Author: King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/23-567/ [Accessed: 20/1/2020]
   Publication: Name: http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/23-567/;
   Note: RICHARD HANKEFORD, KNIGHT 567 Writ. ‡ 28 February 1431. [Wymbyssh].G Addressed to Nicholas Wotton, mayor and escheator of London . CITY OF LONDON. Inquisition. Guildhall 24 May 1431. [Wotton]. Jurors: Martin Nanseglos ; Richard Snokeshill ; William Fyssh ; Richard Perys ; Thomas Southcote ; John Brunne ; John Fuller ; William Farnham ; William Baker ; John Berfair ; Hugh Roberd ; John Nicoll ; John Grymsby ; William Clerk ; and John Tose . [1]+He held the following conjointly with Anne his wife, still living, by demise of James Gascoigne , John Dabernoun , William Blenche , and Thomas Cowyke to Richard and Anne and to Richard’s heirs. The grant was made by indented charter, where they are described as Richard Hankeford, esquire , and Anne his wife. The charter was shown to the jurors.+[1] Holborn, a messuage, 4 shops, and a garden attached to the messuage, in the suburb of London within the liberty of the city, annual value £6, held of the king in free burgage as all the city is held. He died on 8 February 1431. Thomasia, Elizabeth, and Anne are his daughters and next heirs, and respectively aged 8 and more, 7 and more, and 12 weeks and more. C 139/51/54 mm.1–2 568 [ Writ not extant.] YORKSHIRE. Inquisition. Doncaster 19 May 1431. [Thwaytes]. Jurors: Richard Bosvell ; Robert Barker ; Thomas Vessy ; William Vyle ; Thomas Philip ; William Gilmyn ; John Cartwryght ; William Bonour ; William Thomson ; Richard Dalton ; Thomas Chaumberlayn ; and Richard Kyng . He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or service. He and Elizabeth his wife, now deceased, granted the following to James Gascoigne , still living, for life. The grant was made by indented charter dated 10 February 1426, where Richard and Elizabeth are described as Richard Hankeford, esquire , and Elizabeth his wife. The charter was shown to the jurors. Edlington, the manor, held of Henry Vavasour , as of his manor of Hazelwood, service unknown. Elizabeth died, and Richard then died seised of the reversion. Date of death and heirs as 567, except Anne is aged 16 weeks and more. C 139/51/54 m.3 569 Writ. ‡ 28 February 1431. [Wymbyssh].G MIDDLESEX. Inquisition. Westminster 31 May 1431. [Feerby]. Jurors: John Moris ; Robert Herward ; William Terell ; John Querne ; William Erlych ; John Twyford ; John Eustace ; Thomas Frankelyn ; Thomas atte Downe ; John Robard ; John Lyncolne ; John Clerk of Westminster; and Robert Nyk . He held the following as 567+[1]. Holborn, 3 a. land outside the bar, annual value 10s., held of John Souman , service unknown. Date of death and heirs as 567. C 139/51/54 mm.4–5 570 Writ. 28 February 1431. [Wymbyssh].G HEREFORDSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition [indented]. Hereford 21 April 1431. [Whyteney]. Jurors: Walter Hakeluys ; Philip Dombelton ; Richard Walleweyn of Little or Much Marcle (Marcle); Roger Bodenham ; Robert Assche ; Thomas Bromwyche, junior ; Ralph Lyngeyn ; John Comyn of Putley; William Gervous ; Hugh Hergest ; Richard Ravenhill ; and Thomas Myntryche . He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief or any other in demesne as of fee. [2]+He held the following by curtesy after the decease of Elizabeth his wife from the inheritance of Thomasia and Elizabeth, her daughters and heirs.+[2] Dilwyn, 1/3 manor, held of the king as of his duchy of Lancaster by knight service. There is a ruinous messuage, worth nothing yearly; 120 a. arable, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 9 a. meadow, worth 2s. yearly; 12 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; 120 a. pasture, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 30s. assize rent, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas by equal parts; and 8 cottages and 36 a. land pertaining to the same, worth 16d. yearly and no more because the cottages are ruinous and totally destroyed. Date of death as 567. Thomasia and Elizabeth are his daughters and next heirs, and they are also the daughters and next heirs of Elizabeth his late wife. Thomasia is aged 8 and more, and Elizabeth is aged 6 and more. [Head:] Nothing requires melius inquirendo. C 139/51/54 mm.6–7 571 Writ. ‡ 28 February 1431. [Wymbyssh].G WILTSHIRE. Inquisition. Marlborough 5 May 1431. [Bernard]. Jurors: Robert Blake ; John Sturmy ; Thomas Stokke ; Thomas Keche ; William Webbe of Milton Lilbourne ( Milton ); Richard Waryn ; Thomas Mychell ; Hugh Luyde ; William Dymers ; John Hows ; Henry Clerk ; John Merden ; and John Clenche . He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or service. He held the following as 570+[2]. Staunton, ½ manor with advowson of the church there at every other presentation. There is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; 90 a. demesne arable, annual value 22s. 6d., each acre worth 3d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, worth 6s. yearly; 90 a. pasture, annual value 7s. 6d., each acre worth 1d. yearly; 10s. 6d. assize rent, payable at the four terms of the year by equal parts, and delivered by various free tenants; and 6 messuages with 6 virgates pertaining to the same, demised to various tenants and held at the will of the lord, rendering 24s. yearly at the four terms by equal parts. Crofton, ½ manor. There is a toft, worth nothing yearly; 40 a. demesne arable, annual value 10s., each acre worth 3d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, worth 4s. yearly; 120 a. pasture, worth 5s. yearly; 60 a. dense, timber wood, its pasture worth nothing yearly; 6 messuages with 6 virgates pertaining to the same, demised to various tenants and held at the will of the lord, rendering 20s. yearly at the four terms by equal parts; and 8s. assize rent, payable as above and delivered by various free tenants. The moieties and advowson are held of the heirs of the earl of Hereford in free socage. He held the following as 567+[1]. Haxton, a third of a messuage, 3 cottages, 2 carucates of land, 6 a. meadow, and of 200 a. pasture, annual value £4, held of the heirs of Lord St Amand, service unknown. Netheravon, 7 messuages and 7 virgates, annual value 100s., held of David Cernyngton , service unknown. Date of death and heirs as 567. Thomasia and Elizabeth are the daughters and next heirs of Elizabeth his late wife, and Anne is the daughter of Richard and Anne his wife, still living. C 139/51/54 mm.8–9 572 Writ. ‡ 28 February 1431. [Wymbyssh].G GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Gloucester 17 April 1431. [Mulle]. Jurors: John Thorndon ; John Stafford ; John Born ; Thomas Reme ; John Kyngton ; John Fermour; John Felde ; John Seymour ; Edward Benet ; Richard Williams ; Walter Dore ; and John Motsont . He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne as of fee. He held the following as 570+[2]. Bentham, the manor called ‘huntecourt’. There is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly above repair; 102 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, worth 6s. yearly; 12 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; 30s. assize rent, payable by various tenants at the four terms of the year by equal parts; and perquisites of court, worth 6s. 8d. yearly. Of whom the manor is held is unknown. Date of death and heirs as 571. C 139/51/54 mm.10–11
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2. Title: Partition of lands for Thomasia and Anne, daughters of William Hankeford, knight
   Publication: Name: http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-724/;
   Note: THOMASIA AND ANNE, DAUGHTERS OF WILLIAM HANKEFORD, KNIGHT 724 Writ de partitione. ‡ 15 August 1437. [Wymbyssh]. Regarding messuages, lands, etc., in Devon and Cornwall in the king’s hand owing to the death of Richard Hankeford, knight , and the minority of Thomasia, Anne and Elizabeth his daughters and next heirs, the messuage, etc., in Milton Damerel being held in chief, the messuages, etc., in Exeter held of the king in free burgage and the rest held of others [see CIPM, xxiii, nos. 577–8, inquisitions taken in 1431]. It was found by another inquisition before William Wadham, lately escheator , that Elizabeth, lately a minor in the king’s wardship, is now deceased, and Thomasia and Anne are her sisters and next heirs. William Bourghchier , Thomasia’s husband, recently proved Thomasia’s majority [720], and the king has taken his fealty. Order to divide the messuages, lands, etc., into two equal parts, in the presence of William and Thomasia and the next friends of Anne, or their attorneys. William and Thomasia are to have full seisin of Thomasia's purparty without delay, and Anne’s purparty is to be kept in the king’s hand [CClR 1435–41, p. 95]. DEVON AND CORNWALL. Partition of lands [no place or date given]. [Gille]. Division of the following into two equal parts, in the presence of William Bourghchier and Thomasia his wife and William Blenche and John Aps next friends of Anne. Anne’s purparty kept in the king’s hand. Devon. Milton Damarel, a messuage, a watermill, a carucate of land and 20 a. wood, held of the king in chief. William and Thomasia’s share, in Thomasia's purparty, and Anne’s share each being a moiety of the messuage, watermill, land and wood. Exeter, 2 messuages and two gardens in the city, held of the king in chief in free burgage. William and Thomasia’s share, in her purparty, being the messuage and garden now held by Robert Norton of Exeter. Anne’s share being the messuage and garden lately held by John Dabernon . Roborough, 2 a. land, with the advowson of the church belonging to this land. William and Thomasia’s share, in her purparty, and Anne’s share each being a moiety of the land and presentation to the advowson every second time. North Tawton, a messuage and 9 a. land, with the advowson of the church. William and Thomasia’s share, in Thomasia's purparty, and Anne’s share each being a moiety of the messuage and land, and presentation to the advowson every second time. Cornwall. Menheniot, an English a. land, with presentation to the advowson of the church every third time. William and Thomasia’s share and Anne’s share each being a moiety of the land and presentation. Knowle, a messuage, a Cornish a. land and 5 a. wood. William and Thomasia’s share, in Thomasia's purparty, and Anne’s share each being a moiety of the messuage, land and wood. Trethevy, a messuage and a Cornish a. land. William and Thomasia’s share, in Thomasia's purparty, and Anne’s share each being a moiety of the messuage and land. C 139/84/75 mm.1–2
   
3. Title: The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-RoyalDescentsof600Immigrants&h=93807&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt;
   
4. Title: England, Scotland, and Wales Royal Families
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=RoyalFam-Burke&h=447&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt;
   
5. Title: Abstracts of Feet of Fines
   Publication: Name: http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_293_70.shtml#272;
   Note: CP 25/1/293/70, number 272. Link: Image of document at AALT County: Devon. Somerset. Wiltshire. Gloucestershire. Herefordshire. Shropshire. Berkshire. Yorkshire. Staffordshire. [Wales.] Place: Westminster. Date: Two weeks from Easter, 21 Henry VI [5 May 1443]. Parties: Nicholas Ayssheton', Robert Joce, William Hyndeston' and John Wydeslade, querents, and William Bourgchier and Thomasia, his wife, deforciants. Property: The manors of Toustoke, Nymettracy, Baunton', Ufcolmp', Holne and Parua Tottenes and the hundred and borough of Baunton' and the advowsons of the churches of Toustoke and Nymettracy and the advowson of the chantry of Baunton', 2 messuages, 1 toft and 1 carucate of land in Exon', Shillyngford' and Criditon' and a moiety of the manor of Milton' Daumarll', of 4 messuages, of 300 acres of land and of 20 acres of meadow in Exon', Milton' Daumarll', Wayte, Brendesworthy and Stoddesdon' in the county of Devon and the manors of Honyspyll', Wyggebeare and Hunstyle and the advowson of the church of Honyspyll' and a moiety of 1 messuage, of 300 acres of land, of 20 acres of meadow and of 20 acres of wood in Quarm' in the county of Somerset and a moiety of the manors of Crofton' and Staunton' and the advowson of the church of Staunton' in the county of Wiltshire and the manor of Bentham called Huntecourt in the county of Gloucester and a third part of the manor of Dyllowe in the county of Hereford and the castle and manor of Whytyngton' and the advowsons of the churches of Whytyngton' and Sullaton' and a third part of the manors of Egmondon' and Rubij Castri in the county of Shropshire and the March of Wales adjacent to the same county and the manor of Wantynge and the hundred of Wantynge in the county of Berkshire and the manor of Edlyngton' in the county of York and a third part of the manors of Tunstall', Horton', Betley and Heley and 30 shillings of rent in Ouerlangesdon' in the county of Stafford. Action: Plea of covenant. Agreement: William Bourgchier and Thomasia have acknowledged the castle, manors, hundreds, borough, tenements, moieties, third parts and advowsons to be the right of Robert, as those which Robert, Nicholas, William Hyndeston' and John have of their gift. For this: Nicholas, Robert, William Hyndeston' and John have granted to William Bourgchier and Thomasia the castle, manors, hundreds, borough, tenements, moieties, third parts and advowsons and have rendered them to them in the court, to hold to William Bourgchier and Thomasia and the heirs of their bodies, of the chief lords for ever. In default of such heirs, remainder to the right heirs of Thomasia.
   
6. Title: Skrine of Warleigh in the county of Somerset, with pedigrees
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/24081/records/236;
   
7. Title: Peerage of the United Kingdom and Ireland, Volumes I-IV
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=UKI5-Cmplt-Prge&h=2586&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt;
   
8. Title: Barony of Fitz-Warine (Chart)
   Author: Barony of Fitz-Warine (Chart), Table I, Back Of Vol. IV.
   Page: added to my file
   
9. Title: Visitations of Cornwall (Partial)
   Author: Unknown, Visitations of Cornwall (Partial), Page 530.
   Page: added to my file
   
10. Title: Bourchier, Earls Of Eu. (Chart)
    Author: Unknown, Bourchier, Earls Of Eu. (Chart).
    Page: added to my file
    
11. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Hankeford, knight
    Author: King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-234/ [Accessed: 20/1/2020]
    Publication: Name: http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-234/;
    Note: ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER OF RICHARD HANKEFORD, KNIGHT 234 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 18 October 1433. [Wymbyssh]. HEREFORDSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition [indented]. Hereford. 6 April 1434. [Slak]. Jurors: Roger Bodenham ; Hugh Hergest ; William Gernons ; Hugh Monyton ; Thomas de la Hay, junior ; John Chabbenore ; Edmund Gomond ; Howel (Hoell) ap Hoell ; John Bernard of Kynaston n234_a (Heyneston); Thomas Croyne ; Thomas Brugge of Lea (Ley); and Thomas Horsnet of Wormsley. Elizabeth, daughter and one of the heirs of Richard Hankeford and Elizabeth his wife, held 1/2 of 1/3 manor of Dilwyn in her demesne as of fee, the 1/3 manor held of the king of his duchy of Lancaster by knight service. In the moiety there is a ruinous messuage, worth nothing yearly; 1/2 of 120 a. arable, worth 1/2 of 3s. 4d. yearly; 1/2 of 9 a. meadow, worth 1/2 of 2s. yearly; 1/2 of 12 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; 1/2 of 120 a. pasture, worth 1/2 of 3s. 4d.; of 1/230s. assize rent, at Lady Day and Michaelmas in equal portions; and 1/2 of 8 cottages and of 36 a. land belonging to them, worth 1/2 of 16d. and no more because the cottages are ruinous, devastated and destroyed. She died on 13 October last. Thomasia her sister is her next heir, aged 12 years and more. C 139/65/40 mm.1–2 235 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 18 October 1433. [Wymbyssh]. GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition [indented]. Gloucester. 16 April 1434. [Andrewe]. Jurors: Geoffrey atte Hyde ; John Solers ; John Tame ; Thomas Baron ; Robert Colet ; John Pryde ; John Frompton ; Richard Redhede ; John Coke of Frampton on Severn; Robert Page ; John Hogell ; and John Scaruyng . Owing to the death of Richard Hankeford, knight , 1/2 manor of Bentham called ‘Huntecourt’ came into the king’s hand and remains there because Elizabeth, one of his daughters and heirs, died a minor in the king’s wardship. Of whom the whole manor is held is unknown. In the whole manor there is the capital messuage, worth nothing yearly above its repair; 102 a. arable, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, worth 12s. yearly; 12 a. wood, worth nothing yearly after enclosure; 30s. assize rent, at Michaelmas and Easter in equal portions; and perquisites of the court, worth 6s. 8d. in normal years. Date of death and heir, aged 12 years, as in 234. C 139/65/40 mm.3–4 236 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 18 October 1433. [Wymbyssh]. STAFFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Lichfield. 6 April 1434. [Coton]. Jurors: Clement Jurdan ; John Spyser ; Robert Chaumbour ; Richard Granger ; John Bocher ; Thomas Thomyns ; William Wynneshurst ; John Hardewyk ; William Cooke ; John Jonis of Pattingham; Thomas Yong ; and Richard Byr . After the death of Richard Hankeford, knight , and owing to the minority of Elizabeth one of his daughters and heirs, the following came into the king’s hand. Betley, 1/2 of 1/3 vill, held with the other 1/2 of John de Bettiley ’s heirs, service unknown, annual value 15s. 6d. Heighley, 1/2 of 1/3 park, held with the other 1/2 of the same heirs, service unknown, annual value 13s. 4d. Tunstall, 1/2 of 1/3 manor, held with the other 1/2 of Alan de Greseley ’s heirs, service unknown, annual value £7 4d. Horton, 1/2 of 1/3 manor, held with the other 1/2 of Humphrey, earl of Stafford , service unknown, annual value £4 5s. 5d. Over Longsdon, 1/2 of 1/3 of 30s. rent, not held of the king or another. Date of death and heir as in 235. C 139/65/40 mm.5–6 237 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 18 October 1433. [Wymbyssh]. YORKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Doncaster. 20 January 1434. [Fitzwilliam]. Jurors: John Wermlay ; John Russell ; Thomas Vescy ; Richard Bosuill ; John Cartwright ; Thomas Neell ; Roger Burges ; Alexander Mylngate ; Thomas Russell ; William Wynk ; Thomas Graysson ; Thomas Bawntford ; and Robert Downyng . No lands or tenements came into the king’s hand owing to the death of Richard Hankford, knight , or are there owing to the minority of Elizabeth one of his daughters and heirs. By their indented charter dated on 10 February 1426, shown to the jurors, Richard and Elizabeth his wife granted the manor of Edlington and all their lands and tenements there and in Yorkshire to James Gascoigne , who survives, for life, as is contained more fully in the charter. James was seised in his demesne as of free tenement. Elizabeth, wife of Richard, died and Richard subsequently died seised of the reversion. Elizabeth, daughter of Richard, held no lands or tenements of the king or another in demesne or service. Edlington. The manor is held of Henry Vauesour of his manor of Hazelwood by service of a pair of spurs. Date of death and heir as in 234. C 139/65/40 mm.7–8 SOMERSET. Inquisition. Wells. 13 March 1434. [Champneys]. Jurors: John Welweton ; William Clowtesham ; John Pytte ; Thomas Roche ; Richard Bagot ; William Elyot ; Walter Persons ; Richard Arnold ; William Brayn ; Simon Houchyn ; William Bery ; and Roger Oldemyxon . For the reasons in 238, the following moieties came into the king’s hand and are still there. Richard Hankeford held the whole holdings for life by curtesy of the inheritance of Elizabeth and Thomasia, daughters and heirs of Elizabeth his wife. Elizabeth his daughter died a minor in the king’s wardship and Thomasia survives. Huntspill, 1/2 of: the manor and advowson of the church, the whole held of the king in chief by service of 1/2 knight’s fee. In the manor there is the capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; a dovecot, a moiety worth 3s. 4d. yearly; a garden containing 3 a. land, a moiety of its pasture worth 2s. 6d. yearly; 309 a. arable, a moiety worth £7 14s. 6d. yearly; 201 a. meadow, a moiety worth £6 14s. yearly; 129 a. pasture, a moiety worth 75s. 3d. yearly; 6 a. thatching reeds, a moiety of the crop worth 5s. yearly; 54 tenements, a messuage and 16 a. land in each, a moiety rendering £18 18s. yearly, paid by customary tenants at Easter, Midsummer, Michaelmas and Christmas equally; 6 cottages, a moiety rendering 15s. yearly, paid by customary tenants as above; a pasture, a moiety worth 30s. yearly, paid by customary tenants as above; 9s. 6d. assize rent, by the hands of free tenants as above; perquisites of the court, worth 40s. in normal years; a windmill, a moiety worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and a several fishery called ‘le Core’, a moiety worth 50s. yearly. Wigborough, 1/2 manor, the whole held of the king in chief by service of 1/4 knight’s fee. In the manor there is the capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; a garden containing 1 1/2 a. land, a moiety worth 6d. yearly; 100 a. arable, a moiety worth £3 6s. 8d. yearly; 40 a. meadow, a moiety worth 26s. 8d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, a moiety worth 10s. yearly; 60s. assize rent, by the hands of free tenants as above; and 18 tenements, a moiety rendering 27s. yearly, paid by customary tenants as above. Huntstile, 1/2 manor, the whole held of the king in chief by service of 1/20 knight’s fee. In the manor there is a toft, worth nothing yearly; 34 a. arable, a moiety worth 5s. 8d. yearly; 12 a. meadow, a moiety worth 10s. yearly; 6 a. wood, a moiety worth nothing yearly after enclosure; 4 tenements, a messuage and 20 a. arable in each, a moiety rendering 6s. yearly, paid by customary tenants as above; and 4 cottages, a messuage and 10 a. arable in each, a moiety rendering 2s. yearly, paid by customary tenants as above. He held the following jointly with Anne his wife, who survives, by the enfeoffment and demise in 238. Richard and Anne had issue Anne, who survives. The reversion after the death of Anne, wife of Richard, belongs to Thomasia and Anne, daughters and heirs of Richard. Norton, the manor, held of Humphrey Stafford, chevalier , of his manor of Chiselborough, service unknown, annual value £60. Nunnington, the manor, held of the heirs of John Luterell, chevalier , service unknown, annual value £10. She died on 12 October last. Thomasia her sister is her next heir, aged 11 years and more. [Foot:] delivered to Chancery on 5 April 1434. C 139/65/40 mm.16–17
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12. Title: Baronia anglica concentrata, or, A concentrated account of all the baronies commonly called baronies in fee : deriving their or
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/27953/records/226;
    
13. Title: Proof of age for Thomasia, daughter of Richard Hankeford, knight, and Elizabeth lately his wife
    Author: King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-720/ [Accessed: 30/1/2020]
    Publication: Name: http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-720/;
    Note: THOMASIA, DAUGHTER OF RICHARD HANKEFORD, KNIGHT , AND ELIZABETH LATELY HIS WIFE 720 Writ de etate probanda. ‡ 3 August 1437. [Wymbyssh]. Regarding her inheritance as a daughter and heir of Richard Hankeford, knight , and Elizabeth lately his wife, and sister and heir of Elizabeth another of their daughters and heirs, lately a minor who died in the king’s wardship, who held of ‪ Henry VI in chief. Prompted by William Bourgchier husband of Thomasia. The lands are now in the custody of Anne, countess of Stafford , by commission of ‪ Henry VI [CFR 1430–37, p. 141]. Inform the countess of the forthcoming proof of age. [Dorse:] she was informed by Richard Gentill and John Curteys and did not attend. DEVON. Proof of age. Barnstaple. 9 August 1437. [Gille]. The jurors swear that she was born at Tawstock on 23 February 1423, baptised in the church there, and was aged 14 years on 23 February last. Robert Cornu, esquire , 50 and more, knows because Isabel his wife was a godmother. John Pollard, esquire , 40 and more, knows because he rode to Tawstock to her baptism with John Copleston her godfather. William Floyr , 40, knows because on the day of the baptism he rode to Tawstock with William Hankeford, knight , her great-grandfather and saw him give her a gilt bowl. Henry Merewode, esquire , 44, knows because he was hunting with Richard Hankeford at Umberleigh when Richard was told about her birth. William Blenche , 50, knows because on the day of the baptism he rode to Tawstock with William Hankeford , then chief justice of the king, and saw William give her a ring called ‘Dyamond’ and to her nurse 6s. 8d. Thomas Kyngeslond , 46, knows because he was married at Tawstock on the day that she was baptised and waited at the church door during her baptism. John Mulys of Barnstaple, 60, knows because he held a burning torch during the whole of the baptism. Roger Raymer , 34, knows because he gave water to the godfather and godmothers after the baptism to wash their hands. John Raymer , 42, knows because on the day she was baptised he raised a new hall at Barnstaple and saw very many gentlemen riding to the baptism. Richard Yoo , 40, knows because a ship of his laden with various merchandise was brought to land at Barnstaple on the day of the baptism. Walter Hayme , 44, knows because he saw fellow burgesses of the town of Barnstaple give her a tun of wine on the day of her baptism. Nicholas Bury , 50, knows because while riding to Tawstock on the day of the baptism he fell from his horse because of his haste and badly injured himself. C 139/84/70 mm.1–2
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