Thomas Chaworth

• Preferred Name: Thomas Chaworth^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
  
• Alternate Name: Thomas Chaworth
  
• Alternate Name: Thomas Chaworth IV
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: 9C7S-PXG
  
• Birth: 1375 in Nottinghamshire, England
  
• LdsBaptism: 23 JUN 1948 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Burial: 1459 in Launde, Harborough District, Leicestershire, England at LATI: N2.7707 LONG: E1.4285
  
• AFN: in B1Q6-KF
  
• Life+Sketch: 1375 in England with note: Description: Thomas Chaworth Wiverton Hall is considered to have been established by Sir Thomas Chaworth (died 1458/59)[3] in 1450. In 1627 his descendant, Sir George Chaworth (died 1639) was created Viscount Chaworth of Armagh, and his son John Chaworth (died 1644) the second Viscount, was living at Wiverton. English Civil War Lord Chaworth supported Charles I of England and in December 1642 fortified Wiverton Hall to make it a garrison for the King. In June 1643, Queen Henrietta, on her way from Newark, wrote to the King: "I shall sleep at Werton [Wiverton], and thence to Ashby, where we will resolve what way to take." Among other royal guests were Prince Rupert of the Rhine and his brother Prince Maurice, who after visiting the King in Newark rode to Wiverton with about 400 troops and stayed there until they could settle their plans. It was from Wiverton that Prince Rupert addressed a letter to the Parliament, successfully asking for a pass for himself, his brother, and other noblemen and gentlemen to leave England. On 4 November 1645, the garrison commanded by Lord Chaworth surrendered to troops under Major-General Poyntz. Major-General Sydnam Poyntz had taken Shelford Priory by storm on the previous day went to Wiverton and destroyed it to prevent its use as a garrison.
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Knighted by Henry IV, paid 40 marks a year.1401 with note: See attached Oxford Dictionary source.
  
• LdsSealingToParents: 4 DEC 1992 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Estate+evaluated: 1435 with note: Description: Annual income from it was assessed at 320 pounds See attached Oxford Dictionary source.
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Sir Knight
  
• LdsEndowment: 26 AUG 1948 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Death: 17 FEB 1458 in Nottinghamshire, England
  
• Occupation: Sheriff of Lincoln, served 5 different terms with note: See attached Oxford Dictionary source.
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Notes: Sheriff of Lincoln. Prepared to throw in his lot with the lollard leader, Sir John Oldcastle, whose plans for a rising in early Jan 1414 were promptly and efficiently quashed by the King. Sympathy for the lollards was strong in Derbyshire, and it is worth noting that another of Oldcastle's leading supporters, the lawyer, Henry Booth, also had estates there. Orders for Chaworth's arrest were issued on 8 Jan, and he once again found himself a captive in the Tower. He was at first kept in chains, but at the beginning of Feb bonds worth 1,000 marks were offered by William Babington and his other friends as security that he would not attempt to escape if his conditions were ameliorated. Throughout this period he and his fellow captives remained under sentence of death, but in May they were pardoned and allowed to go free. It is now impossible to tell how far Sir Thomas shared Oldcastle's heretical beliefs. His later life was given over to works of conventional piety, most notably with regard to the endowment and assistance of Launde priory in Leicestershire, although the evidence of his will shows him to have possessed a large number of devotional works (some of which were in English), including ‘a graile (gradual) manuell and a litel portose (breviary) the whiche the saide Sir Thomas toke with hym alway when he rode’, so he may well have continued the lollard practice of placing particular emphasis on private prayer. The inclusion of his distant kinsman, William Booth, Archbishop of York, among the three supervisors of his will and his appointment, in 1423, of the bishops of Durham and Worcester as his trustees would, however, confirm that, in public at least, he eschewed any suspect doctrines. Once released from prison, Sir Thomas understandably made every effort to re-establish himself in King Henry's good graces; and he seized the opportunity offered in 1415 by the latter's invasion of France to prove his loyalty. He indented to serve in the royal army with a personal retinue of eight men-at-arms and 24 archers, and was duly accorded the necessary letters of protection.
  
  Although he never quite managed to recover the position of trust which he had previously enjoyed, Sir Thomas was in a sense able to compensate for this by making a remarkably lucrative second marriage. By his first wife, Nicola, he had only one child, a daughter named Elizabeth, who married John, Lord Scrope of Masham (d.1455) before 1418, and seems to have become her father's favourite. Whereas Nicola brought little in the way of property or advancement to the Chaworths, Sir Thomas's new bride, the daughter of Sir Thomas Aylesbury, added greatly to their territorial possessions. We do not know exactly what Isabel received at the time of her marriage, but her father was extremely rich, and in May 1416 he made his new son-in-law one of his principal trustees. The latter was thus singularly well placed to advance his own interests when Aylesbury died, two years later, and promptly obtained control of the manors of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire and Abinger in Surrey during the minority of his young brother-in-law, John. The successive deaths within the next five years of both John and his baby son caused a dramatic change in Chaworth's circumstances, for his wife thus became coheir with her sister, Eleanor, of all her late father's property. Her share comprised the manors of Albury, Wilstone and Tiscott in Hertfordshire, Rousham in Oxfordshire, Sells Green in Wiltshire, Bradwell, Broughton and Drayton Beauchamp in Buckinghamshire, Oxhill in Warwickshire, and Dodford, Blatherwycke, Pytchley and Weston in Northamptonshire. She also inherited various tenements in Cripplegate, London. Altogether, these properties were worth a bare minimum of £93 p.a.; and although part of them remained in the hands of Isabel's widowed mother until 1436, the improvement in Chaworth's status and finances was still remarkable. He also kept up a wide and influential range of social connexions. In February 1419 he stood bail for Sir John Pelham (an executor of Henry IV), and a few weeks later he joined with Sir Ralph Shirley in offering recognizances worth 200 marks to Sir Richard Stanhope. His relations with Shirley did not remain cordial for long, since, as one of the heirs of Lord Basset of Drayton, he found himself drawn into an alliance with Humphrey, earl of Stafford, who was determined to secure the entire Basset inheritance for himself. Whereas Chaworth's mother had been prepared to relinquish her title to the Staffords, Shirley clung on grimly to what was legally his, and thus met with the full force of Earl Humphrey's displeasure. Shirley was eventually driven out of the property by force majeur, claiming that his eviction had been effected ‘be the procurement and instance of Sir Thomas Chaworth’.10 As we have already seen, another prominent member of Chaworth's circle was Sir John Zouche, who conveyed his Yorkshire manor of Bolton-upon-Dearne to him, in 1422, as a trustee, and later made him a feoffee-to-uses of other property as well. Zouche's daughter, Elizabeth, married Sir Nicholas Bowet, a kinsman of Henry Bowet, Archbishop of York, and on the latter's death, in the following year, Chaworth proceeded to exploit this connexion so that he could obtain custody of the temporalities of the archbishopric until the consecration of the next incumbent. He went on, some time later, to consolidate the relationship by arranging a marriage between his eldest son, William, and Sir Nicholas's daughter. Chaworth's young ward, William Fitzwilliam of Sprotborough in Yorkshire, meanwhile proved a more than suitable husband for his younger daughter (another Elizabeth), to whom he was betrothed while still a minor. An interesting list of Chaworth's other intimates is furnished by an enfeoffment of 1423, whereby he conveyed the bulk of his estates to a new body of trustees. As noted above, he probably chose the bishops of Durham and Worcester in order to demonstrate his return to orthodoxy, but his appointment of Thomas, Lord Roos of Helmsley, and Ralph, Lord Cromwell, provides a clear indication of where his temporal loyalties lay. He acted for a long time as Roos's feoffee-to-uses; and in 1434, some four years after the latter's death, he was permitted to farm the manor of Orston in Nottinghamshire during the minority of Roos's next heir. It was, however, Chaworth's association with Lord Cromwell which proved of particular consequence, since through it he became drawn into Cromwell's longstanding and bitter feud with Sir Henry Pierrepont (his colleague in the Parliament of 1423). Having wrested the Heriz family inheritance from Pierrepont by highly dubious means, Cromwell secured his title, in 1431, by conveying the property to a panel of influential feoffees, including Chaworth and his friend, Sir Richard Vernon. Not surprisingly, then, when violence erupted between Pierrepont and his other enemies, the Foljambes, Chaworth threw his not inconsiderable weight behind the Foljambes, and as head of the second jury at the Derby sessions of oyer and terminer, in 1434, he did everything he could to support their allegations. He even offered bail for Richard Brown of Repton, who stood accused of attempting to procure Thomas Foljambe's acquittal; and in the following year he and Cromwell capitalized upon their position as royal commissioners of inquiry in Nottinghamshire to question Pierrepont's title to the manor of Sneinton. Later, in 1440, Sir Henry tried to recover some of his losses by suing Chaworth and Lord Cromwell's other trustees, but pressure was brought upon him to settle out of court. Chaworth remained close to Cromwell until the latter's death, for the two men acted together, on New Year's Day 1448, as witnesses to an oath made by Richard Willoughby, renouncing his inheritance. In later life he was recruited into the service of Henry, duke of Warwick, who made him and one of his sons joint stewards of his property in Leicestershire and Rutland.
  
  In May 1449 he and his sister-in-law (who had married Sir Humphrey Stafford of Grafton) complained to the King about the damage done by deer from the forest of Rockingham to crops growing on their Northamptonshire estates, and were permitted to enclose the land in question. Sir Thomas was able to consolidate his holdings even further as a result of the death, in about 1457, of John Cressy, whose next heirs were his wife and her sister. In the event, however, he did not enjoy the profits of these new acquisitions for very long, since his own death occurred, shortly after that of his wife, on 10 Feb 1459. The couple were buried together at the priory of Launde, where they had founded a chantry some seven years before.
  
  Although he must have been well over 80 when he died, Chaworth remained active in local government until the very end.
  
  Sir Thomas Chaworth, Sheriff of Nottingham, Lincolnshire, & Derbyshire
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  Sir Thomas Chaworth, Sheriff of Nottingham, Lincolnshire, & Derbyshire, born circa 1375, Wivreton, Nottinghamshire, England, died 10 February 1459, buried at Launde Priory, Leicesters
  
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• m. BEF 21 SEP 1394 in Nottinghamshire, England
• m. ABT 1403 in Annesley, Nottinghamshire, England
• m. BEF 21 SEP 1393 in Nottinghamshire, England, UK

• m. in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England

1. Margery Chaworth, b. 1435 in Hertfordshire, England     d. 10 JUL 1471 in England

1. Title: Thomas Chaworth, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLG-FLL5 : 2 July 2020), Thomas Chaworth, 1459; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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2. Title: Book - Peerage of England
   
3. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Katherine who was wife of Thomas de Aylesbury, knight
   Author: King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-671/ [Accessed: 21/1/2020]
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   Note: KATHERINE WHO WAS WIFE OF THOMAS DE AYLESBURY, KNIGHT 671 Writ. ‡ 26 July 1436. [Wymbyssh]. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Kettering. 3 November 1436. [Willughby]. Jurors: Peter Fyssher ; William Clerk ; Richard Janyn ; William Presgrave ; Richard Walker ; William Aleyn ; William Hore ; John Miller ; John Pye ; John Mabeley ; Thomas Baxter ; and John Toly . Thomas Chaworth, knight , Edmund Hampneden, esquire , John Longevyll, esquire , Peter Hynewyke, clerk , John Megre, clerk , Robert Wandesforth, chaplain , and William Kelby were formerly seised of the following in demesne as of fee which, thus seised, by an indented deed of theirs, shown to the jurors, they demised to Katherine for life, reversion to them and their heirs and assigns. By virtue of this she was seised in demesne as of free tenement and, after the deaths of Edmund, Peter, John Megre and Robert, she died thus seised. After her death the manor should revert to Thomas Chaworth , John Longevyll and William Kelby , still living, and their heirs and assigns, according to the form of the demise. Pytchley, the manor, held of the abbot of Peterborough , service unknown. There is a manorial site, 14 messuages, 16 cottages and a bake-house, worth nothing yearly; 200 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 32s. 9d. rent, payable yearly at Midsummer and Christmas equally; and rent of a rose yearly at Midsummer. She died on 17 July last. Lawrence Cheyne , her son and next heir, is aged 40 years and more. C 139/82/50 mm.1–2 672 Writ. ‡ 26 July 1436. [Wymbyssh]. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Whaddon. 30 October 1436. [Rokes]. Jurors: Robert Brynkelowe ; John Graunt of Woolstone; Thomas Newman ; Robert Lamburne ; John Haukyn ; Thomas Hert ; John Rewes ; Richard Fraunceys ; John Hendys ; William Wymond ; William Harreys ; Alan Dalowe . She held the following in dower by endowment of Thomas de Aylesbury, knight , formerly her husband, reversion to Thomas’ heirs. Milton Keynes , 1/3 manor, held of the king in chief as 1/3 knight’s fee. There are 67 a. land, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 13 a. meadow, each acre worth 3s. yearly; 67 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 7 virgates of land, each worth 13s. 4d. yearly; and 7 messuages, 3 cottages and 1/3 manorial site, worth nothing yearly. Isabel, wife of Thomas Chaworth, knight , and Eleanor, wife of Humphrey Stafford of Grafton Manor, knight , daughters and next heirs of Thomas de Aylesbury , are both aged 30 years and more. Roger de Somery, knight , was formerly seised of the manor and mills of Newport Pagnell in demesne as of fee and, thus seised, he granted to Walter de Aylesbury and his heirs an annual rent of 10 marks from the mills and manor, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally. This was done by a charter of his, shown to the jurors, which described it as a yearly rent of 10 marks of silver from the farms of his mills of Newport Pagnell or from other issues of the same manor if the farm of the mills does not come to 10 marks, payable by the reeve of the manor, 5 marks at Lady Day and 5 marks at Michaelmas. By virtue of this, Walter was seised of this rent in demesne as of fee and he died thus seised. After his death, the rent descended successively to Philip de Aylesbury , as his son and heir, Thomas de Aylesbury , as son and heir of Philip, and John de Aylesbury , as son and heir of Thomas. They all likewise died seised in demesne as of fee. After the death of John, Thomas de Aylesbury , son and heir of John, was likewise seised in demesne as of fee and, thus seised, by a charter of his, shown to the jurors, he granted, by the name Thomas Aylesbury, knight , this rent, among other things, to Thomas Chaworth, knight , Edmund Hampneden, esquire , John Longevyll, esquire , Peter Hynewyke, clerk , John Megre, clerk , Robert Wandesforth, chaplain , William Kelby and their heirs and assigns. By virtue of this, Hugh Burnell , then tenant of the said mills and manor, attorned to them for payment of this rent. Afterwards, by an indented charter of theirs, shown to the jurors, they demised the rent, among other things, to Katherine, by the name of Katherine who was lately the wife of Thomas Aylesbury, knight , deceased, for life, reversion to them and their heirs and assigns. By virtue of this demise, Joan, Lady Abergavenny , then tenant of the mills and manor, attorned to Katherine for payment of the rent. Katherine was seised in demesne as of free tenement and, after the deaths of Edmund, Peter, John Megre and Robert, she died thus seised. After her death the manor should revert to Thomas Chaworth , John Longevyll and William Kelby , still living, and their heirs and assigns, according to form of the demise. Date of death and heir as 671. C 139/82/50 mm.3–4 673 Writ de partitione. 15 November 1436. [Wymbyssh]. Addressed to the escheator of Buckinghamshire . Regarding 672. Isabel, wife of Thomas Chaworth, knight , and Eleanor, wife of Humphrey Stafford of Grafton, knight , are the daughters and next heirs of Thomas de Aylesbury . Order to take fealty of Thomas Chaworth and Humphrey, partition 1/3 manor of Milton Keynes into two equal parts, and cause Thomas Chaworth and Isabel, and Humphrey and Eleanor to have full seisin of the purparties of Isabel and Eleanor respectively [CFR 1430–37, p. 306]. E 149/159/1 m.2
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4. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Hugh son and heir of John son and heir of Thomas Aylesbury, chevalier
   Author: King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/22-267/ [Accessed: 21/1/2020]
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   Note: HUGH SON AND HEIR OF JOHN SON AND HEIR OF THOMAS AYLESBURY, CHEVALIER 267 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 26 October 1423. [Wymbyssh] Regarding lands held of ‪ Henry V . BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Buckingham. 5 November 1423. [Hampden] Jurors: John Kyngeslane ; John Vessy ; John Hogges ; John Vykory ; William Rylkyn ; Thomas Cook ; Robert Webbe ; Thomas Stokes ; John Persones ; Richard Stafford ; John Proidffot ; and Walter Ekeney . The manor of Milton Keynes, with the advowson of Milton Keynes church belonging to it , came into the possession of ‪Henry V‬ owing to the death of Thomas Aylesbury, chevalier , and the minority of John his son and heir, a minor in ‪Henry V‬’s wardship. Katherine widow of Thomas, who survives, was assigned 1/3 manor in dower in ‪Henry V‬’s Chancery [CCR 1413–19, p.497], and 2/3 manor remained in the possession of ‪Henry V‬ by reason of John’s minority. Owing to the death of John and the minority of Hugh son and heir of John, they came into the possession of ‪Henry V‬ and are now in the possession of ‪Henry VI through the death of Hugh, a minor in ‪Henry VI’s wardship. The 2/3 manor and the advowson are held of the king in chief, service unknown. In the 2/3 manor there are the site, worth nothing yearly; 133 1/2 a. arable, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 26 1/2 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 133 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 13 messuages, with 13 virgates of arable belonging to them, each worth 20s. yearly; and 6 cottages, each worth 2s. 4d. yearly. He died on 25 October last. Isabel wife of Thomas Chalworth, knight , and Eleanor Aylesbury are his kinswomen and next heirs, being daughters of Thomas Aylesbury , father of John his father, because he died without heir of his body. Isabel is aged 21 years and more, Eleanor 17 years and more. [The Bedfordshire inquisition ordered in the writ is not extant.] C 139/10/21 mm.1–2 268 Writ de partitione facienda. 20 November 1423. [Wymbyssh] Regarding BUCKINGHAMSHIRE lands held by Thomas Aylesbury, chevalier , of ‪Henry V‬ in chief, and in the hands of ‪Henry V‬ and ‪Henry VI through his death and the minorities and subsequent deaths of John his son and Hugh son of John: to be partitioned between Thomas Chaworth, knight , who married Isabel kinswoman and heir of Hugh, and has had children by her, and Eleanor Aylesbury , sister of Isabel and kinswoman and heir of Hugh, in the presence of Thomas and Eleanor [CFR 1422–30, pp.71–2]. [Foot:] By writ of the privy seal. [Partition not extant.] E 149/130/7 m.2
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5. Title: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Volume 11
   Author: Physical book: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Volume 11, first published 2004
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6. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Margaret widow of John Skelton, esquire
   Author: King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/23-254/ [Accessed: 21/1/2020]
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   Note: MARGARET WIDOW OF JOHN SKELTON, ESQUIRE 254 Writ. ‡ York. 30 July 1429. [Haseley]. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Aylesbury 24 August 1428. [Sperlyng]. Jurors: Thomas Brystowe ; Peter Whechele ; John Abraham ; Richard Holte ; William Combe ; John Holewey ; John Barbour ; Richard Smart ; John Smyth ; William Gorney ; Thomas Fisshere ; and John Brown . She held the following in dower by endowment of John son and heir of Thomas Aylesbury, knight , from the inheritance of Isabel wife of Thomas Chaworth, knight , and Eleanor wife of Humphrey Stafford, esquire , sisters and heirs of John. Milton Keynes, a third of 2/3 manor, held as a whole of the king in chief as ½ knight’s fee. There are 4 messuages, each worth 40d. yearly; 5 virgates, each worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 5 a. meadow, each acre worth 40d. yearly but this year’s crop was carried off while Margaret was still alive; and 3s. 4d. rent payable at Martinmas and Invention of St Cross by equal parts. She died on 18 July last. Thomas Mortymer is her uncle and next heir as the brother of Hugh father of Margaret, and aged 40 and more. Isabel is aged 28 and more, and has issue with Thomas Chaworth . Eleanor is aged 23 and more, and has issue with Humphrey Stafford . C 139/40/55 mm.1–2 E 149/139/2 m.1 255 Writ. ‡ York. 30 July 1429. [Haseley]. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Rothwell 10 August 1429. [Palmer]. Jurors: William Bate and Simon Stumbule of Ashley; John Hopkyn of Brampton Ash; John Harpor of Great or Little Weldon (Weldon); Ralph Cooke of Kirby; John Martyn of Dingley; William Page of East Carlton; John Scote , Henry Bray , and John Kytesson of Weston by Welland; John Leche of Wilbarston; and John Marys of Middleton. She held the following in demesne as of fee tail after the possibility of issue had expired. Weston by Welland, the manor, except the advowson of Launde Priory and services from all the lands and tenements that Thomas Aylesbury, knight , had or others had to his use. These exceptions are held of the manor or some part of the same. Exceptions excepted, there is the manorial site, worth only 40d. yearly because there are no buildings; 17 messuages, 2 ruinous cottages, and 12 tofts, worth nothing yearly; 2 crofts, each worth 4d. yearly; 36 virgates, each worth 10s. yearly; 35½ a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. 4d. yearly but this year’s crop was carried off while Margaret was still alive; 49 [a.] pasture, each [acre] worth 3d. yearly; and view of frankpledge twice yearly and a small court held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly above the seneschal’s fee. The manor is held as a whole of the king in chief as ¼ knight’s fee. Weston by Welland, Sutton Bassett, and Dingley, 45s. 4d. rent, rent of 2 capons, price of each 2d. yearly, and 1lb cumin rent, payable at Martinmas and Invention of St Cross by equal parts, part of the manor of Weston by Welland. Thomas Brake, clerk , John Walssh of Lynford , and William Peere, clerk , were lately seised in demesne as of fee of the whole manor. By their charter, they demised it, described as their manor of Weston by Welland with all its lands, tenements, rents, reversions, services, rights, commodities, and appurtenances to Thomas Aylesbury , John Megre, clerk , and John Comyn, senior , and to the heirs and assigns of Thomas Aylesbury . Royal licence was obtained from ‪ Henry IV by letters patent dated Westminster 15 July 1411 [CPR 1408–1413, p. 301], shown to the jurors. [1]+By one indented charter dealing with, among other things, the manor, exceptions excepted, and by another indented charter dealing with the rents, among other things, Thomas, John, and John demised them to John son of Thomas Aylesbury and Margaret his wife, and to the heirs of their bodies, described as John son of Thomas Aylesbury and Margaret his wife, daughter of Hugh Mortymer, esquire , with licence of ‪ Henry IV obtained by letters patent [as above]. John and Margaret were thus seised of the manor and the rents in demesne as of fee tail, exceptions excepted, with reversion to Thomas Aylesbury and his heirs.+[1] She held the following in demesne as of fee tail after the possibility of issue had expired. Ashley, the manor, except services from lands and tenements that Thomas Aylesbury, knight , had or others had to his use. The exceptions are held of the manor or some part of the same. Exceptions excepted, there is the manorial site, worth only 40d. yearly because there are no buildings; 46 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 7 ruinous messuages and 1 toft, worth nothing yearly; 5 virgates, each worth 12s. yearly; 14 a. meadow, each acre worth 3s. yearly but this year’s crop was carried off while Margaret was still alive; 28 a. pasture, each [acre] worth 3d. yearly; and 10 a. wood, worth nothing yearly. The manor as a whole is held of Lord Latimer , service unknown. Ashley, 27s. 9d. rent and rent of 10 capons, price of each 2d., payable at Martinmas and Invention of St Cross by equal parts, part of the manor of Ashley . William la Souche, lord of Totnes , Thomas, Lord La Warre , Thomas Brake, clerk , Peter Henwyk, clerk , John Wysebech, clerk , Robert Elyngham , and Peter Purlee were seised in demesne as of fee of the above manor of Ashley. By their charter, they demised it, among other things, to Thomas Aylesbury , John Megre , and John Comyn , and to the heirs and assigns of Thomas Aylesbury. It was described as the manor of Ashley with all lands, tenements, rents, services, rights, commodities, and appurtenances that were formerly of Ralph Basset of Great or Little Weldon (Weldon), knight, with all reversions whenever they might fall. Continues as +[1]+ above. John and Margaret died without heir of their bodies. Date of death, heirs, and information about Isabel and Eleanor as 254. Further, Isabel and Eleanor are daughters and next heirs of Thomas Aylesbury ; and Thomas Aylesbury , John Megre , and John Comyn died a long time before Margaret. C 139/40/55 mm.3–4 256 Writ de partitione (Northamptonshire). Southwell. 30 August 1429. [Wymbyssh]. Order to Thomas Palmer, escheator [CFR 1422–1430, p. 274]. E 149/139/2 m.3
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