Maud Who was Wife of John Keuermond

Summary

568 Writ de dote assignanda. ‡ 18 February 1436. [Wymbyssh].

To be assigned in the presence of Thomas Byllesby and Agnes his wife, daughter and heir of John Keuermond, or their attorneys [CClR 1435–41, p. 16].

MIDDLESEX. Assignment of dower. Westminster. 1 March 1436. [Selby].

In the presence of Thomas Byllesby and Agnes his wife, daughter and heir of John.

Assignment: 1/3 office of usher of the Exchequer, and 1/3 various other offices belonging to it, viz., the offices of usher and crier in the Common Bench, marshal, usher, crier and bar-keeper in each itineration of the itinerant justices in England, and 1/3 of 5d. daily in the Exchequer's receipt each day the Exchequer is open for the office of usher of the Exchequer, of which John died seised in demesne as of fee, held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty.

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AGNES WHO WAS WIFE OF WILLIAM PORTER, KNIGHT

569 Writ de dote assignanda. ‡ 19 May 1436. [Wymbyssh].

Order to take her oath and assign dower [CClR 1435–41, p. 18]. BERKSHIRE. Assignment of dower. Faringdon. 12 November 1436. [Hyde]. [Inquisition: torn away at bottom left.]

Wicklesham. Assigned: the manor, with all messuages, lands, tenements, demesnes, fairs, warrens, courts, liberties, regalities, services from tenants free or neif, with all other things belonging to it.

Wadley. Assigned: a chamber above the middle gate of the manor, with two chambers below and two stables on the south side of the manor, one of which John Pecche lately occupied, and the other is on the east side of that stable, with free entry and exit. Assigned: the following parcels of the manor – 90 a. arable in the field of ‘Smeth’; 63 a. meadow of ‘Stodhay’, extending into ‘Northwat’; 2 a. meadow in ‘Todham’ meadow; an 8 a. pasture called ‘Tornemore’; 63 a. in the pasture of ‘Smeth’; pasture for 3 cattle in ‘Stodhay’, from Good Friday until the feast of the Holy Trinity; 1/3 pasture called ‘Aveneslese’ and ‘Everardeslese’; 1/3 pasture and fishery in all common places of the manor; all lands and tenements lately held in villeinage by Robert Wastell, Richard Roo …, Richard Norys, John Swayne, John Curteys, and Richard Shepherd, … parcel of demesne land lately rented by Richard Norys, and 15