Thomas Pomeroy of Somerset IMP 1508

Thomas Pomeroy was the 2nd son of Sir Richard Pomeroy and Elizabeth Densell. Berry Pomeroy, Devon.

He is named in his father's will.

IMP 12 AUG 1508. INq. PM 24 HENRY VII, NO 65.

WILL 25 AUG 1508,

PRO 24 JAN 1508-9.

Will mentioned Moth Church of Lincoln..

Will proved 9 Sept 1508

Pomerey, Thomas: Somerset

Covering dates 24 Henry VII.

Held by The National Archives, Kew

A copy of the IMP for Thomas Pomeroy of Wells, in Latin, was purchased by Yours Truly from the National Archives, and the following transcription was made in February, 2012.

It's contents provides the researcher with clear evidence that Pomeroy's living in Somerset in the early 16th century were closely connected to the Pomeroy's at Berry Pomeroy, Devon.

Translation of the

Inquisition Post Mortem of Thomas Pomerey

Dated 30 November 1508

Transcribed February 2012 by: Transcription Services Ltd

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1. Presented by John Rodes [indeciperably faint word]

[word cut off at margin]

2. Inquisition indented, held at Wellys (Wells) (on) the last day of November (in) the Year of the reign of King Henry the seventh the twenty-fourth [i.e. 1508], before William Bysley, Escheator of the said lord King in the County aforesaid, (by) virtue

3. of a writ of “diem clausit extremum”* after the death of Thomas Pom[er]ey, (to) the same Escheator directed, & (to) the inquisition attached, by the oath, &c. Who** declare upon their oath that a certain Elizabeth Pom[er]ey, widow, who

[* this translates literally as “(he) has closed his last day”; ** i.e. the un-named Jurors who are under oath]

4. was the wife of Richard Pom[er]ey, knight, was seised in her demesne, as of fee, of the Manor of Corscombe, with appurtenances, in the County aforesaid, and of forty & four messuages, seven mills, One Thousand acres

5. of land, twelve acres of meadow-land, eight acres of wood-land, three hundred acres of furze & heath, & of twenty & six shillings & three pence for the year’s rent [/revenue], and of the rent of one pound, & of a pepper[corn], & of two pounds

6. head-silver(? – word obscured by fold), with appurtenances, in Corscombe, Dynu[m] Nunn[er]y(?), Prestley, Shepton Malet, Barton, & Glastonbury in the County aforesaid. And afterwards, a certain John Shepcote, knight, John Kyrkeh[a]m, esquire,

7. Thomas Appelford, clerk, & George Vyall, by means of a writ of the lord King with regard to entry upon disseisin, in “le post”, at Westminster, before the Justice of the lord King from the common Bench, to recover the aforesaid Manor, messuages,

8. lands, tenements, & the other premises, towards the aforesaid Elizabeth Pomeray, widow, just as appears (in) Hillary term (in) the year of the reign of King Henry the seventh the fifteenth [i.e. 1499], (in) Roll 142, as by means of that record, (by) the Jurors aforesaid, upon

9. the taking of this inquisition, in proofs clearly demonstrated, it is the more fully apparent, (by) virtue of which recovery, the same John, John, Thomas, & George have been thereupon seised in their demesne, as of fee, &

10. thus seised by means of their charter, (by) the Jurors aforesaid, upon the taking of this inquisition, in proofs clearly demonstrated, have given the aforesaid Manor, messuages, lands, & tenements, and the other premises (to) the afore-mentioned Elizabeth Pom[er]ey, widow, for

11. the term of her life, to remain thereupon after the decease of the same Elizabeth (to) the afore-mentioned Thomas Pom[er]ey, in the said writ named, & (to) the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. And for the failure of such issue,

12. to remain thereupon (to) Edward Pom[er]ey, knight, & the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. And for the failure of such issue, to remain thereupon (to) the right heirs of the afore-mentioned Elizabeth, in perpetuity. Holding of

13. the chief lords of that fee, by the services thereupon owed, & by customary right, in perpetuity, (by) virtue of which gift, the same Elizabeth was thereupon seised in her demesne as of free tenure, & from such standing, thereupon died

14. seised, after whose death, the aforesaid Thomas Pom[er]ey in the aforesaid Manor, messuages, lands, & tenements has entered & thereupon was seised in his demesne as by fee-tallage. And from such standing, died thereupon

15. seised without heirs of his body begotten, after whose death, the aforesaid Edward Pom[er]ey, knight, in the aforesaid Manor, messuages, lands, & tenements, & the other premises, with appurtenances, has entered, as for(?) his

16. to remain, (by) virtue of which, the same Edward thereupon was seised in his demesne as by fee-tallage, & hitherto from such standing, thereupon is seised. And furthermore, the Jurors aforesaid declare that the Manor, messuages,

17. lands, & tenements aforesaid are held of lord Henry, Master of Wells, as of his Manor of Cory Malet, but by what service the Jurors aforesaid are wholly ignorant. And (they) declare likewise that the Manor aforesaid,

18. the messuages, lands, & tenements, and the other premises are worth yearly, beyond deductions, twenty pounds. And that the aforesaid Thomas Pom[er]ey, in the said writ named, died (on) the twelfth day of August last past. And that

19. the aforesaid Edward Pom[er]ey, knight, is the brother and heir of the aforesaid Thomas the nearest. And is of the age of thirty years & more. And (they) declare likewise that the same Thomas had no other lands & tenements

20. had nor held in the County aforesaid (on) the day (on) which he died.