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IPMs EDWARD POMERAY, ESQUIRE › 1446 Baron Pomeroy from 1426 -14 his death in 1446
wife Margaret Beville, Lady Pomeroy
416 Writ. ‡ 7 May 1446. [Bate]. CORNWALL. Inquisition [indented]. Liskeard. 18 May 1446. [Werthe].
[Inquisition: manuscripts faded and galled in places.]
Jurors: Stephen Gyffard ; John Powno ; Richard Kynbear ; Roger Cotive ; Thomas Flaysmond ; William Symond ; Thomas Skynard ; Richard Clemens ; John Clemens ; Edmund Beket ; Richard ?Bere ; John ?Levedwen; and John Lanyow .
Edward Pomeroy held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne as of fee. He held the following jointly with Margaret (Beville ,Lady Pomeroy) his wife, who survives.
The manor was granted by John de la Pomeray, chevalier and Joan (de Merton) his wife, to Edward and Margaret and the heirs male of the body of Edward, to hold of John and Joan, and the heirs of John, paying to them for the life of John £46 yearly at Midsummer, Michaelmas, Christmas, and Easter; and then paying to Joan, for the term of her life, and to the heirs of John, a grain of wheat at Michaelmas; and doing all other services to the chief lords of the fee.
The grant was by fine [CP 25/1/33/32/24] at Westminster, dated three weeks from Easter, 1404 [recited in full], in which Margaret was described as the daughter of John Bevylle .
Reversion was to John de la Pomeray and Joan and the heirs of John, to hold of the chief lords of the fee by the customary services. Edward and Margaret gave 100 marks of silver. By virtue of the fine Edward was seised in demesne as of fee tail, and Margaret in demesne as of free tenement.
Tregony, the manor, held of the king, of the duchy of Cornwall, of the castle of Launceston, by knight service. In the manor there is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly;
72 tenements with curtilages, each worth 6d. yearly; 20 ferlings of land, each worth 3s. 4d. yearly;
3 mills for grinding corn (blaeretic’), each worth 10s. yearly;
a fulling mill, worth 20d. yearly;
a fayre on the feast of St Leonard, and a fayre on the feast of the Invention of the Cross, worth 40s. yearly;
perquisites of court, worth 20s. yearly; and 20 acre wood, worth nothing yearly.
The following are held of the manor by the following services.
These are all tiny pieces of land . probably mainly smallholdings & small farms
IPMs EDWARD POMERAY, ESQUIRE › 1446 Baron Pomeroy from 1426 -14 his death in 1446
wife Margaret Beville, Lady Pomeroy
416 Writ. ‡ 7 May 1446. [Bate]. CORNWALL. Inquisition [indented]. Liskeard. 18 May 1446. [Werthe].
[ The following are held of the manor by the following services.
These are all tiny pieces of land . probably mainly smallholdings & small farms
Many of the hamlets and farms with Cornish prefixes such at Bos and Tre can trace their names back to 600–700 AD - Tre meaning farmstead of someone.
Rescassa, 1½ acres of land, held by knight service of the greater fee (de maiori feodo), n213 fealty, and suit to the court of the manor. Near Gorran
Camerance and Porthkellys, 3 acre of land, held by socage, fealty and suit of court; and ½ acre of land held by knight service of the greater fee, by paying 11½d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. There is NT Camerance Wood on the Fal estuary just south of Trelissick - (NT= National Trust ) probably with a farm of that name; Porthkellis is 1/2 a mile from Helston in the Wendron mining district.
Treverras, Pennarthe and Tolcarne, 2 acre of land, held by knight service, by paying 3s. 10d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. These are all around Newquay with St Columb Minor now part of Newquay town. Surfing beaches
Trelossa, 1 acre of land, held by knight service of the greater fee, by paying 23d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. Might be Trelissa Farm near Philleigh Truro
Burthy, Trewhela, and Polmenna (Penwenna a knight’s fee, held by knight service of the lesser fee (de minori feodo), n214 and by common suit. Trewella is possibly Newquay ; There is a Polmenna Wood near St Neot. Burthy Farm near Newquay; Penwenna maybe in Bude area
Trethewell, 1 acre of land, held by knight service, by paying 6d. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court. a Farm in St Erval Wadebridge
Camerance, 1 acre of land, containing 4 ferlings, held by knight service of the greater fee and by paying 12½d. at Michaelmas. Woodland not far from Tregony & Fal estuary
Sorn, ½ acre of land, land; POSSIBLY in Penhallow near St Agnes
Carveth, 1 acre of land; a farm near Mousehole
‘Treturoysdon’, ½ acre of land, containing 8 ferlings; Not found
Tregorrick, 2 acres of land, held by socage and fealty and paying at Easter a pair of gilt spurs or 6d. a farm south of St Austell
Tregisswyn, Gonitor, and Baruppa, 4 acres of land, land, held by knight service ?of the lesser fee, and suit of court. Tregisswyn in Ruan Highland near Truro; Gonitor is a farm in same aera ; Barupapa a hamlet south of Falmouth
Trevilis and ‘Trewyn’, 1½ acres. land, containing 6 ferlings, held by knight service of the greater fee, by paying 23d. at Candlemas and 12½d. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court. Trevilis House is Likeard & Trewyn is St Ives West Penwith
Carvean and Tregurno, 2 acre of land, land, containing 8 ferlings, held by socage, by paying 3s. 10d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. Tregunna near Wadebridge & Port Carvean near Port Isaac
Tregerrek , ½ acre of land, held by socage, by paying 1d. yearly, and by suit of court. There is a Tregorric near Truro and a HigherTregorric Farm near At Austel
Treleaven, 1½ acres of land, containing 6 ferlings, held by knight service of the greater fee, by paying 2s. 10½d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. ?Redell , ½ acre of land, held by knight service of the greater fee, by paying 23d. yearly, and by suit of court. A Farm near Mevagissey
Trewinnard, Trevessa, and Tredrea, 3½ acres of land, containing 14 ferlings, held by knight service of the greater fee and by suit of court. All around St Erth in Carbis Bay & St Ives
Trethevas, Carvedras, Bosvigo, Domellick, Treweres & Treworgy , 19½ acres of land, containing 80 ferlings, held by socage, by paying 5s. 9d. at Candlemas and 12d. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court. A ?‘haye’ there is held by socage, by paying 2d. at Candlemas and Michaelmas, and by suit of court. All in Truro area - Treworgy 170 acres of ’gentlemans’ farm near Looe ; Little Trethevas on the Lizard; Carvedras was latterly a smelting works in Truro area; Bosvigo House & gardens; Domellick farm is near St Dennis’
Trethyves , Treverven, Ardensaweth, and Rospletha, ½ acre of land, held by socage, by suit of court, and by paying 1 lb. cumin or 1d. yearly. Trethyves is near Tintagel ; Treverven is Porthcuno St Buryan; Ardensaweth, near St Levan and Rospletha near Treen & St Levan
Helland and Treworyan, 3 acres of land and 1/3 knight’s fee, held by knight service of the greater fee and by suit of court. Helland near Bodmin; Treworyan Manor Wadebridge
Cuskean, 1 acre of land; 6 miles from Redruth
Knoll, 1 acre of and 1 ferling of land; Knowle Wood south of Bude near Poundstock
Treworgans, 1 acre of and ½ ferling of land; Newquay
Slades, 1 ferling of land; Slades House near Wadebridge
Ventonglidder ½ acre of land; Laddock near Truro
‘Little’ Helland, ½ acre land, held by knight service of the greater fee, by paying 6s. 6d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. Peryn Falmouth area
Nampara, 1 acres of land, held by socage, by paying 12d. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court. The real place is near St. Keverne, about four miles north of Lizard Point.
Ankirlond , ½ acre of land so-called, held by socage and by suit of court. possibly Kirkland somewhere in the area of Anthony St Germans in the Tamar estuary
Barwick, a piece of land, held by paying 12d. at the feasts of the Invention of the Cross and Michaelmas, and by suit of court. Barwick Farm, Tregony, Truro,
Lesnewth, 3 acres of land, held by knight service of the lesser fee and by suit of court. Boscastle north Cornish coast
Callestick, 2/3 knight’s fee, held by knight service ?of the lesser fee, by paying 5s. 9d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. a hamlet 5 miles from Truro
Godolphin, 1½ acres of land, containing 6 ferlings, held by socage, by paying 2s. 10½d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. Between Hayle and Helston. C12 Godophin house fortified in the C14t held by a family of that name
Carburrow, 1 acre of land, held by knight service of the greater fee, by paying 11½d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. On the edge of Bodmin moor- north of Warleggan
Bodelva, 1 acre of land, held by socage, by paying 23d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. A hamlet near St Blaise not far from Eden Project
Restineas, 1 acre of land, held by socage, by paying 5s. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court. A farm in Treverbyn parish near Fowey
‘Treworgiscor’, 1 acr of land, held by socage, by paying 23d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. possibly near Looe
Truthan, 3 acres of land and... part of a knight’s fee, held by knight service ?of the lesser fee and by suit of court. Truthan Manor near Truro one of Cornwalls finest
‘Tremostell’, Trevaster, and Bosvisack, ¾ knight’s fee, held by knight service of the lesser fee and by suit of court. Tremostell not found; Trevaster a farm near Truro and Bosvisack possible Bosvathic House in Constantine near Falmouth
Nansough a manor near Truro ; ‘Great’ Tregear, ‘Little’ Tregear, ; Trobus, ‘Boyes’, Forgue,& ‘Kerswilla’, 6 acres land, held by socage, by paying 15s. 4d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. Tregear is a hamlet in Mawgan in Meneage ; Forgue a mill & farm near Ladock Lostwithial area; Trobus farm Ladock in Falmouth area; Kerswilla & Boyes not found .
Tregaulle , 1 acres of land, held by knight service ?of the lesser fee, by paying 12d. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court. not found
Roseworthy, the manor, containing 12 acres. land, held by knight service, by paying 2s. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court. Roseworthy Barton farm just south of Roseworthy in Gwithean once a holy well and chapel of Saint Winierus,
Lamorran, Gare, and ? duo Tror’is, ?8 acres of land, held by socage, by paying 22s. ?10½d. at Candlemas and by suit of court. Lamorran House & gardens St Mawes,Truro
Trelowthas, ‘Great’ Trelowthas, ‘Little’ Trelowthas and Sourne, 4 acres of land, held by socage, by paying 13s. ?5d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. A hamlet in St Austell district
Carsla , 1 acre of land, held by socage, by paying ?23d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. not found
Tremowe and ‘Eskynnnowe’, 2½ acres of land, held by socage, by paying 10s. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court. Not found
Trendeal 1 acre of land; and Treworthal and Polsue, 1 acre of land, held by socage, by paying 3s. 10d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. a hamlet in Ladock 6 miles from Truro.
Treworthal, 1 acre of land, held by socage, by paying 23d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. in Philleigh parish on Roseland Pensiular
‘Great’ Gothers, 1 acre of land, held by socage, by paying 23d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court.
Little’ Gothers and Carnegga, 1 acre of land, held by socage, by paying 23d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. St Dennis area of St Austell
Trewince, 1 acres of land, held by socage, by paying 4s. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court. St Issey ,Wadebridge
Resparveth, Gear and ‘Doddewoda’, 3 acres of land, held by socage, by paying 5s. 9¼d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. Resparveth a farm between Truro and St Austell; Doddewoda not found
‘Hendreueythyn’, 1 acres of land; and Trevilson, 1 acres of land, held by socage, by paying 3s. 11d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. There is a Hendra farm near Newquay
‘Lower’ Lamellyn, 1 acres of land, held by socage, by paying 3s. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court. Lamellyn House & Estate is near Wadebridge
GERRANS, ½ a. land, held by socage and by paying at Michaelmas 1 lb. cumin or 2d. In the Roseland Pensinsular
Trewince, 1/3 of ½ acres of land, held by socage, by paying 4¼d. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court; and 2/3 of ½ a. land, held by socage, by paying 8½d. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court. a Farm in Wadebridge
Trevelsue , Sule , and Menedu , 2 acres of land, held by socage, by paying 3s. 10d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. Menedu is near Menheniot near Liskeard
Tregaminion, 1 acres of land, held by socage, by paying 23d. at Candlemas and 5s. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court. Tregaminion Farm at St Kevern on the Lizard
Trevena (duo Trewynna), Chytodden, and Pellor, 1 ferling of land, held by socage, by paying 6d. at Whitsun, and by suit of court. Trevena is St Neot near Liskeard; Chytodden is Towandack near St Ives in West Penwith; Pellor Fram is Breage near Helston
Trannack, 1 acre of land, held by socage, by paying ?23d. at Candlemas and 2s. 6d. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court. Trannack is a village in Helston
Bosistow, 1 acre of land, held by socage, by paying 2s. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. Bosistow farm in near St Levan
Tregethes, Tregilliowe, and Lugdvan (Lugyuan Eglos), 2 acres of land, held by socage, by paying a pair of spurs or 6d. yearly, and by suit of court. Tregilliowe wood is near Marizion St Mounts Bay ; Lugdvan is a village near Penzance ;Tregethes not found
Cathebedron and Pengwedna, 1½ acres of land, held by socage, by paying 2s. 10½d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. Cathebedron, is in Chacewater,Cambourne Pengwedna, is in Penhale
Bosparva, ½ acre of land, held by socage, by paying 10½d. at Candlemas and 5d. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court; and ½ acres of land, held by socage, by paying 11½d. at Candlemas and 5d. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court. Manor house and seperate farm near Lelant & Hayle in St Ives area
Boscawen Rose and Trelew, 2 acres land, held by socage, other services unknown. Boscawen Rose is a farm south of Lamorna near Mousehole; Trelew a hamlet in Mylor near Falmouth
Tredenham, ½ acre. . land, held by socage, by paying 11½d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. Tredenham farm is near Tywardreath & Fowey
GOLDEN, 1 acre. land, held by socage, by paying 3s. 4d. at Candlemas and 3s 4d. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court. A very interesting manor House & mill in Probus
Newton, ½ acre.land, held by socage, by paying 12d. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court; and ½ a. land, held by socage, by paying 12d. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court. Possibly in Newton Farm, Metherell, Callington.
Luney, 1 acre. . land; Hewas, 1 acre. land; Mulvra, 1 acre. land; & Tregonjeeves, 2 acres land, held by socage, by paying 7s. 8d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court
Luney possible Porthluney - Caerhay Castle; Hewas, possible Hewas Farm near Ladock Truro ; Mulvra,a farm near St Austell, Tregonjeeves, a farm also near St Austell.
Tolgarrick and Estvelshire, 2 acres land, held by socage, by paying 5s. 9d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. Tolgarick a farm & mill nearTruro. East Wivelshire is a hundred around the Looe rivers
Karthu , 1 acre. land, held by paying 2s. at Candlemas and by suit of court. not found
Besowsa, ½ acre , land, held by socage, by paying 9¼d. at Candlemas and Michaelmas, and by suit of court. A farm near Truro
Penhallow, ½ acre. land, held by socage, by paying 11½d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. Penhallow House is St Newlyn East St Austell
Merrose, acre. 1 a. land, held by socage, by paying a pair of gilt spurs or 6d. yearly, and by suit of court. a farm at Porthscotho near Truro
Penwarne, 1 acre. land, held by socage, by paying 3s. 6d. at Michaelmas, and by suit of court. A farm near Falmouth
Barwick, a piece of land, held by socage, by paying 12d. at Easter and Michaelmas, and by suit of court. A farm near Mawgan Porth, Newquay
Trevy..., ¾ of 1 a. land, held by socage, by paying 8d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. (possibly the Manor of Trevie near Camelford. )
Lercedekkne, 2/3 of 1 ferling of land, held by socage, by paying 15d. at Candlemas, and by suit of court. location uncertain possible near Tremerton castle - gave rise to a family of that name - Otto L’archedkyn of Tremerton Castle near Saltash
Partonvrane, 10 a. English land, held by socage, by paying 5s. at four annual terms, and by suit of court. a hamlet nears Porthscatho Truro
Lelant, 1/5 a. land, held by socage, by paying 10s. at mid-Lent Sunday and at St James, and by suit of court; 1/5 a. land, held by the same service; 1/5 a. land, held by the same service; and 1/5 a. land, held by the same service. Village on the Hayle estuary near St Ives
Pybov , all the lands and tenements of Halbert therein, held by paying 26s. 8d. yearly. Not Found
Edward Pomeroy died on 3 May 1446 . His son Henry Pomeray, esquire , the heir male of Edward, of the bodies of Edward and Margaret, and the son and next heir of Edward., was aged 30 & his widow Margaret Beville Lady Pomeroy survived to die in 1461
Feet of Fines
CP 25/1/294/74, number 20.
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County: Cornwall. Devon.
Place: Westminster.
Date: 1464
The day after the Purification of the Blessed Mary, 3 Edward IV [3 February 1464].
Parties: , querents, John Sydenham of Colmestoke and William Pomeray
deforciants. John Almyscombe and Philippe, his wife,
Property:
The manor of Kilkehampton' and 13 messuages, 10 ferlings of land, 64 acres of meadow, 20 acres of wood, 60 acres of furze and heath and 39 shillings, 11 pence and 1 halfpenny of rent in Kilkehampton' and the advowson of the church of Kilkehampton' in the county of Cornwall and the manor of Bideforde and 17 messuages, 485 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow, 40 acres of wood, 60 acres of furze and heath, 9 pounds, 3 shillings and 4 pence of rent in Bideforde, Abbotisham, otherwise called Abbisham, and the advowson of the church of Bideforde in the county of Devon.
(worth about £11 /2/ 11d )
Action: Plea of covenant.
Agreement: John Almyscombe and Philippe have acknowledged the manors, tenements and advowsons to be the right of William, as those which William and John Sydenham have of their gift, and have remised and quitclaimed them from themselves and the heirs of Philippe to John Sydenham and William and the heirs of William for ever.
Warranty: Warranty.
For this: John Sydenham and William have granted to John Almyscombe and Philippe the manors, tenements and advowsons and have rendered them to them in the court, to hold to John Almyscombe and Philippe and the heirs of their bodies, of the chief lords for ever. In default of such heirs, remainder to the right heirs of Philippe.
Persons mentioned
John Sydenham, William Pomeroy, John Almescombe, Philippe Almescombe
Places:
Culmstock (in Devon), Kilkhampton, Bideford, Abbotsham
Feet of Fines 1273
CP 25/1/285/27, Various Counties 1.
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County: Cornwall.
Place: Westminster.
Date: Two weeks from Holy Trinity, 1 Edward I [18 June 1273].
Parties: demandant, Maud, who was the wife of Henry, son of Geoffrey de La Pomeray, by Andrew Cristemasse, put in her place and Thomas le Arscedekne, tenant, by Ralph Bloyou, put in his place.
Property:
The manor of R[e?]dworry and 1 carucate of land in Ruwyer. (Roseworthy)
Action: Plea.
Agreement: Maud has acknowledged all the tenement to be the right of Thomas, and has remised and quitclaimed 2 parts of the tenement from herself and her heirs to him and his heirs for ever. For this, Thomas has granted to Maud the third part of the tenement, to hold to Maud, of Thomas and his heirs for the life of Maud in the name of dower. And after the decease of Maud the third part shall revert to Thomas and his heirs, quit of the heirs of Maud, for ever.
Warranty:
Warranty by Thomas and his heirs.
Note: [Endorsed: And Henry, son of Henry, son of Geoffrey de la Pomeroy, puts in his claim
Persons:
Geoffrey de La Pomeroy, Henry de La Pomeroy, Maud de La Pomeroy, Andrew Christmas, Thomas le Archdeacon, Ralph Bloyou
Places: Roseworthy (in Gwinear), Riviere (in Phillack)
Geoffrey Pomeroy & Maud or Matilda Ralegh, his wife were the cadet line at Upottery & Buckerell in east Devon circa 1247 = Henry III (1216-1272)
Will & Probate FMP 1472
John Lerchedekyn of Treberveth Taps/ Abstract or Extract Probate year 1472 Document references 12 Edw. IV. File 40 (18) Devon Wills Index, 1163-1999
Original place Treberveth Cornwall a hamlet in St Kevern in Kerrier, south of Falmouth
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417 [Writ: see 416] DEVON. Inquisition [indented]. Exeter. 24 May 1446. [Werthe].
Jurors: John Barnehows ; William Bisshop ; William Botour ; Nicholas Frenssh ; John Colemore ; John Floyer ; William Floyer ; William Monke ; John Mannyng ; Thomas Efford ; John Jacob ; and John Symon .
He was seised of the following in demesne as of fee. By virtue of royal letters patent of licence [CPR 1429–36, p. 322, recited in full], shown to the jurors, he granted the manor by charter to John Assh , William Cloveneburgh, vicar of the church of Berry Pomeroy, and John Harry, vicar of the church of Stoke Gabriel, and their heirs and assigns, so that they were seised in demesne as of fee.
The charter [recited in full], dated at Berry Pomeroy, 4 January 1434, with warranty clause, was witnessed by John Copleston , Richard Yerde , William Beamont , Richard Peperell , Henry Beare , Henry Herte , Richard Tocker , John Borehed , William Tolke, mayor of Totnes , and others. By virtue of the royal licence [as above],
John, William, and John granted the manor, by indented charter shown to the jurors, to Edward and Margaret then his wife, and the heirs male of their bodies, so that they were seised in demesne as of fee tail. The charter [recited in full] contained remainders to the heirs male of the body of Edward, and to the right heirs of Edward.
It was dated at Berry Pomeroy, 12 September 1434, and witnessed by Nicholas Carrewe and John Dynham , knights, John Copleston , John Yerde , William Beamont , Henry Beare , Walter Elyot , and many others. One part of the charter, sealed by John Assh and the others, was to remain with Edward and Margaret; the other, sealed by Edward and Margaret, was to remain with John and the others.
Berry Pomeroy, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. In the manor there is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; a dovecot, worth 12d. yearly; a water-mill, worth 40d. yearly; 16 ferlings of land, each worth 3s. yearly; 12½ acres of meadow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; a park, worth 10s. yearly in pannage and herbage; £7 6s. 8d. assize rent from free tenants, namely John Helier, ‘Bartelet’ Harry, John Howe , and William Hyele , payable at Midsummer, Michaelmas, Christmas, and Easter; 48s. 8d. assize rent from various customary tenants; and perquisites of court, worth 6s. 8d. yearly.
He was seised of the following in demesne as of fee tail, by virtue of a grant of Nicholas de Wyddergrave and John Gambon , to Thomas de la Pomeray , Edward’s father, and the heirs male of his body The grant was by fine [not found], dated on the morrow of John the Baptist, 1329, shown to the jurors.
Stockleigh Pomeroy, the manor. In the manor there is an empty site, worth nothing yearly; a fulling mill, worth 20d. yearly; 20 tenements with curtilages, each worth 6d. yearly; 860 acres of land, each acre of 200 acres worth 1d. yearly, and each acre of the rest worth ¼d. yearly; 40 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 20 acres of wood, of which the pasture is worth 12d. yearly; and perquisites of court, worth 12d.(1 shilling) yearly.
Harberton, ½ manor. In the moiety there are 2 tenements with curtilages, each worth 12d. yearly;
140 acres of land, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 8 acres of meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; and perquisites of court of the moiety, worth 3s. 4d. yearly. 2 tenements and 3 carucates of land in Belsford, of which John Stowe and Richard ?Horn are tenants, are held of the moiety by paying at Michaelmas a pair of gilt spurs or 6d. 4 tenements and 6 ferlings of land are held of the moiety by the same service.
Brixham, 1/3 manor. In the third part there is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; 10 tenements, each worth 4d. yearly;
30 cottages, each worth 2d. yearly; 8 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 15s. 1d. assize rent from the tenements of various free tenants, namely John Turping and John ?Pape, payable at the feasts of St Peter in Chains, All Saints, Candlemas, and Midsummer; and perquisites of court, worth 3s. 4d. yearly.
The above are held of the king in chief by knight service. He held the following in fee, service, and right.
Hennock, the manor, held of Thomas, earl of Devon , as 1 knight’s fee. In the manor there is an empty site, worth nothing yearly; an empty site of a water-mill, worth nothing yearly; 20 a. arable and 20 a. pasture, each acre worth ½d. yearly; 2 a. wood, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 20s. assize rent from various free tenants, namely John Richard, William Thomas , John Litelmon , and John Longenore , at Michaelmas, Christmas, Easter, and Midsummer; and perquisites of court, worth 12d. yearly.
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MARGARET, WHO WAS THE WIFE OF EDWARD POMERAY, ESQUIRE. ( AJP note Edward was knighted in 1504 by Henry VII )
418 Writ de dote assignanda . ‡ 6 June 1446. [Bate].
To be assigned in the presence of Henry Pomeray, esquire , son and heir of Edward. [CCR 1441–6, p. 328]
[Dorse:] The escheator took her oath.
DEVON. Assignment of dower. [Location not specified]. 13 June 1446. [Werthe]
The escheator certifies the king that on the above date he assigned the following as dower from Edward’s lands in Devon. Stockleigh Pomeroy,
7 messuages, 300 a. land, 13 a. meadow, and 6 a. wood, in the manor [values not specified].
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