The following court roll is Devon Heritage Centre reference 314M/M/5.
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| Date | Tithing | Action | Amount | Description | Surnames |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 1431 (mem 1 front) | Bratton | Law court held in the same place on the next Thursday after the feast of Saint Denis in the 10th year of the reign of King HenryVI | |||
| Attachment | John Estelake complains of William Bate | Estelake, Bate | |||
| Law | Alice Wymbogh | Wymbogh, John | |||
| Amercement Essoins | 2d | The tithingman in the same place comes and presents the default of John Aleyn | Aleyn, Janyn, Estecote | ||
| Amercements | 9d | Item that Joan Valeys <3d> 1, Robert Clerk <3d> 1, John Toly <3d> 1, brewed ale and broke the assize. Therefore they are in mercy. | Valeys, Clerk, Toly | ||
| Amercement | 6d | Item that Robert Clerk refused to sell ale when he had it to sell. Therefore he is in mercy. | Clerk | ||
| Amercement | 3d | Item that John Toly made an assault against the peace upon Robert Wymbogh with his fist. Therefore he is in mercy. | Toly, Wymbogh | ||
| Amercement | 3d | Item Henry Toly made an assault against the peace upon Joh | Toly, Rysdon | ||
| Amercements | 4d | Item that Robert Clerk <2d> and John Janyn <2d> allowed their houses to be ruinous and poorly roofed. Therefore they are in mercy. | Clerk, Janyn | ||
| Election of Officers | Item they elect and present Robert Cranbery junior to the office of tithingman, who remains sworn. Item to the office of reeve, Robert Hokkeday, who remains sworn. | Cranbery, Hokkeday | |||
| Godescote | The tithingman in the same place comes and presents that Robert Maynard, who held of the lord certain parcels of land in Dounton, Yeoldon and Trendelbeare by military service, has died, and his nearest heir is John, the son and heir of the aforesaid Robert, of the age of 21 years and more, whereupon there fall due to the lady the homage, fealty, | Maynard | |||
| Amercement | 2d | Item that John Bourton sold ale as a tapster contrary to the assize. Therefore he is in mercy. | Bourton | ||
| Amercement | 4d | Item that Joan, the wife of Matthew Bourton, made a rescue upon John Bourton of one parcel of sheep, taken for rent and customary payments due to him. Therefore she is in mercy. | Bourton | ||
| Amercement | 3d | Item that Joan, the wife of Matthew Bourton, made an assault against the peace upon John Bourton with a stone. Therefore she is in mercy. | Bourton | ||
| Election of Officers | Item they elect and present John Bourton to the office of tithingman, who remains sworn. | Bourton | |||
| Census | 6d | The reeve is charged with customary rent this year just as is at the head. | |||
| Attachment | Joan Tolle | Tolle, aylecote | |||
| Jurors for the King | John Skydemore John Charde Robert Cranbery John Morestone William Charde Richard Bysshop John Aylecote John Benet Thomas Hokkeday Stephen Fowedon Matthew Beamont Richard Piers The jurors aforesaid come and present nothing. | Skydemore, Charde, Cranbery, Morestone, Bysshop, Aylecote, Benet, Hokkeday, Fowedon, Beamont, Piers | |||
| Fine | 12d | Robert Kirkham gives a fine to the lord for his suit to be released until the feast of Michaelmas. | Kirkham | ||
| Legal action remains | John Vysaak | Vysaak, Reve | |||
| Strays | 1 black hog And 1 black hog still remain and are not claimed. | ||||
| Amercement | 2d | Alice Wymbogh is in mercy for licence to agree with John John in a plea of debt etc. | Wymbogh, John | ||
| Strays being over one year Note for the Account | Two white hogs which came as strays at the feast of Saint Michael in the past year are now over one year and are adjudged to the lady. | ||||
| Amercements Distraint | 6d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Maynard <2d>, Matthew Bourton <2d> and Thomas Stoddon <2d> to make homage and fealty to the lady for tenements in Godescote. | Maynard, Bourton, Stoddon | ||
| … | John Donnyng | Donnyng, Morestone | |||
| … | 2d | John Cole is in mercy because he does not prosecute against John Wymbogh in a plea of debt. | Cole, Wymbogh | ||
| … | 2d | John Aylecote is in mercy for a broken agreement with John Wymbogh permitting one suitable ox [some words missing?] at the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross. And he should be distrained. | Aylecote, Wymbogh | ||
| Amercement | 3d | The tithingman and all <+ +> the tithing of Godescote are in mercy because they did not repair the highway between Dounton and Regestone, muddy and deep. And they should be distrained. | |||
| Distraint | John Schillestone should be distrained to make homage and fealty to the lady for a tenement in Godescote. | Schillestone | |||
| Amercements Distraint | 6d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain Stephen Fowedon <3d> and John Charde <3d> to make homage and fealty to the lady for tenements which they claim to hold of the heirs of Roger Way by virtue of the purchase thereof after the statute. And they should be distrained. | Fowedon, Charde, Way | ||
| Sum 6s 5d | |||||
| Item from strays over one year, 2 hogs 12d | |||||
| 26 Nov 1431 (mem 1 front) | Bratton | Court held in the same place on the next Monday after the feast of Saint Katherine the Virgin in the 10th year of the reign of King Henry VI | |||
| Amercement | 2d | The tithingman in the same place comes and presents the default of John Aleyn | Aleyn | ||
| Amercements | 6d | Item that William Bate <2d> 1, Thomas Cranbery <2d> 1, Robert Hokkeday <2d> 1, brewed ale and broke the assize. | Bate, Cranbery, Hokkeday | ||
| Amercements | 3d | The bailiff presents that John Charde <2d> and Richard Toly <1d> were attached for a trespass in Foghlesdon wood. Therefore they are in mercy. | Charde, Toly | ||
| Amercement | 2d | John Bourton is in mercy because he does not prosecute against Matthew Bourton in a plea of trespass debt. | Bourton | ||
| Amercement | 6d | Matthew Bourton is in mercy because he does not prosecute against John Bourton in a plea of debt, in 3 complaints. | Bourton | ||
| Amercement | 2d | John Wymbogh is in mercy for a trespass against John Wrexhille. And he should be distrained. | Wymbogh, Wrexhille | ||
| Legal action remains | The action between John Aylecote | Aylecote, Cranbery | |||
| … | John Raymonde complains of William Cole in a plea of trespass. And the action remains, by the essoin of the same William. | Raymonde, Cole | |||
| … | William atte Werthe complaind of Thomas Hokkeday in a plea of debt, who, summoned, does not come. Therefore he should be attached. | Werthe, Hokkeday | |||
| … | John Pyke | Pyke, Lakesmore | |||
| (mem 1 reverse) | [Notes at top of roll mostly illegible] | ||||
| Henery the Sixth | |||||
| … … John Estelake in a plea of debt. | Estelake | ||||
| … … Alice Wymbogh … … | Wymbogh | ||||
| John Aylecote is in mercy for … … | Aylecote | ||||
| … | Walter Reve is in mercy for a trespass against John Vysaak senior in his pasture with his beasts. And he should be distrained. | Reve, Vysaak | |||
| … | 1 black hog And 1 black hog <…> at the feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, still remain and are not claimed. | ||||
| Amercements Distraint | 6d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Maynard <2d>, Matthew Bourton <2d> and Thomas Stoddon <2d> to make homage and fealty to the lady for tenements in Godescote. | Maynard, Bourton, Stoddon | ||
| … | John Donnyng | Donnyng, Morestone | |||
| … Distraint | 2d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Aylecote <…> to make amends to John Wymbogh for a broken agreement … [hole in membrane] just as in the preceding court. And he should be distrained. | Aylecote, Wymbogh | ||
| … | John Aylecote | Aylecote, Sooche | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 3d | The tithingman and all the tithing of <+> Godescote are in mercy because they did not repair the highway between Dounton and Regestone, muddy and deep. And they should be distrained. | |||
| Distraint | John Schillestone | Schillestone | |||
| Amercements Distraint | 6d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Charde <3d> and Stephen Fowedon <3d> to make homage and fealty to the lady for tenements which they claim to hold of the heirs of Roger Way by virtue of the purchase thereof after the statute. And they should be distrained. | Charde, Fowedon, Way | ||
| Distraint | Robert Kirkham <+> should be distrained to make homage and fealty etc to the lady. | Kirkham | |||
| Sum 3s 10d | |||||
| 24 Dec 1431 (mem 3 front) | Bratton | Court held in the same place on the Monday next after the feast of the Translation of Saint Thomas the Martyr in the 10th year of the reign of King Henry VI | |||
| Essoins | The tithingman in the same place comes and presents the defaults of Henry Benet | Benet, Fowedon, Charde, Bate, Clerke | |||
| Amercement | 3d | Item that John Charde made an assault against the peace upon William Benet with a stone and drew blood. Therefore he is in mercy. | Charde, Benet | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 5d | Item that John <3d> Charde made an assault against the peace upon William Benet with a pickaxe. Therefore he is in mercy. And because the tithingman <2d. He proffered it> does not have that pickaxe, therefore he is in mercy. And he should be distrained. | Charde, Benet | ||
| Amercement | 6d | Item that Joan the wife of Richard Bysshop made an assault against the peace upon Henry Ballesdon with a stone and drew blood. Therefore he is in mercy. | Bysshop, Ballesdon | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 5d | Item that Henry Ballesdon <3d> made an assault against the peace upon Thomas Rysdon with a knife. Therefore he is in mercy. And because the tithingman <2d> does not have that knife, therefore he is in mercy. And he should be distrained. | Ballesdon, Rysdon | ||
| Amercements | 8d | Item that Joan Valeys <2d> 1, John Valeys <2d> 1, Robert Clerke <2d> 1, Rober Hokkeday <2d> 1, brewed ale and broke the assize. Therefore they are in mercy. | Valeys, Clerk, Hokkeday | ||
| Amercement | 2d | Item that Joan the daughter of Stephen Fowedon sold ale as a tapster tapster contrary to the assize. Therefore she is in mercy. | Fowedon | ||
| Amercements | 8d | Item that Robert Hokkeday <4d> and John Toly <4d> cut down one oak in the lady’s wood and took and carried away honey and honeysuckle. Therefore she is in mercy. | Hokkeday | ||
| Amercement | 2d | John Pyke is in mercy because he does not prosecute against Thomas Milman in a plea of trespass etc. | Pyke, Milman | ||
| Amercements | 4d | William Charde is in mercy because he does not prosecute against Richard Estelake in a plea of trespass, in two separate complaints etc. | Charde, Estelake | ||
| Amercement | 2d | Richard Estelake is in mercy because he does not prosecute against William Charde in a plea of trespass etc. | Estelake, Charde | ||
| Attachment | Margery Cranbery <+ she does not prosecute>, by assent[?], complains of Richard Bysshop in a plea of debt, who, summoned, does not come. Therefore he should be attached. | Cranbery, Bysshop | |||
| Amercement | 2d | John Skydemore is in mercy because he does not prosecute against John Fowedon senior in a plea of trespass. | Skydemore, Fowedon | ||
| Amercements | 4d | John Skydemore is in mercy because he does not prosecute against John Fowedon junior in a plea of trespass, in two separate complaints. | Skydemore, Fowedon | ||
| Attachment | John Toly | Toly, Clerk, Charde | |||
| Amercement | 2d | John Aylecote is in mercy because he does not prosecute against Walter Reve in a plea of trespass. | Aylecote, Reve | ||
| Amercement | 2d | Margery Wandry is in mercy because she does not prosecute against Robert Wandry and Alice his wife in in a plea of trespass in one close[?]. | Wandry | ||
| Amercement | 2d | Henry atte Mille is in mercy because he does not prosecute against William Charde in a plea of trespass etc | Mille, Charde | ||
| Essoin | Stephen Fowedon | Fowedon, Rysdon | |||
| Amercement | 2d | Thomas Cranbery is in mercy for licence to agree with William atte Werthe in a plea of debt. | Cranbery, Werthe | ||
| Amercement Attachment | 2d | William Peke complains of Matthew Beamont in a plea of debt, whom the reeve has not yet attached. Therefore he is in mercy. And he should be attached. | Peke, Beamont | ||
| Stray remaining | One red calf which came as a stray at the feast of All Saints still remains and is not claimed. | ||||
| Amercement | 2d | Matthew Bourton is in mercy for licence to agree with John Bourton in a plea of detinue. | Bourton | ||
| Amercement | 2d | William Charde is in mercy because he does not prosecute against Henry atte Mille in a plea of trespass etc. | Charde, Mille | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 6d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Maynard <2d>, Matthew Bourton <2d> and Thomas Stoddon <2d> to make homage and fealty to the lady for tenements in Godescote. And they should be distrained. | Maynard, Bourton, Stoddon | ||
| Essoin | John Donnyng and Diseria his wife, executors of the will of Thomas Morestone, against John Morestone, complainant, in a plea of debt. By Adam Cat. | Donnyng, Morestone | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 3d | The tithingman and all the tithing of Godescote are in mercy because they did not repair the highway between Dounton and Regestone, muddy and deep. And they should be distrained. | |||
| Distraint | Robert Kirkham should be distrained to make homage and fealty to the lady. | Kirkham | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Schilstone to make homage and fealty to the lady for a tenement in Godescote. And he should be distrained. | Schilstone | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 6d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John <3d> Charde and Stephen <3d> Fowedon to make homage and fealty to the lady for tenements which they claim to hold of the heirs of Roger Way by virtue of the purchase thereof after the statute. And they should be distrained. | Charde, Fowedon, Way | ||
| Sum of the court 7s | |||||
| 22 Jan 1431/32 (mem 1 reverse) | Bratton | Court held in the same place on the next Tuesday before the feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul in the 10th year of the reign of King Henry VI | |||
| Amercements | 10d | The tithingman in the same place comes and presents that John Bovedon <2d> 1, John Boweton <2d> 1, William Bate <2d>, John Toly <2d> 1 and Robert Clerke <2d> 1, brewed ale and broke the assize. Therefore they are in mercy. | Bovedon, Boweton, Bate, Toly, Clerke | ||
| Amercement | 2d | John Charde is in mercy for a trespass in Foghlesdon Wood with his beasts. | Charde | ||
| Attachment | John Churndon | Churndon, Cranbery | |||
| Attachment | John Joon | Joon, Bate | |||
| Amercement | 2d | Thomas Rysdon | Rysdon, Manshipysdeche, Fowedon, Cranbery | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | Walter Reve is in mercy for a trespass against John Vysaak senior, levelling his dyke with his beasts and sheep. And he should be distrained. | Reve, Vysaak | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | John Aylecote | Aylecote, Bornebyry | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | Thomas Wonnecote | Wonnecote, Bornebyry | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | John Wymbogh | Wymbogh, Bornebyry | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | John Benet | Benet, Bornebyry | ||
| Amercement | 2d | Edward Borneby is in mercy because he does not prosecute against John Morestone in a plea of trespass. | Borneby, Morestone | ||
| Amercement | 2d | The same Edward [Borneby] is in mercy because he does not prosecute against Thomas Cranbery in a plea of trespass. | Borneby, Cranbery | ||
| Attachment | Thomas Trebek should be attached to answer to Edward Borneby in a plea of trespass. | Trebek, Borneby | |||
| Amercement | 2d | John Aylecote is in mercy because he does not prosecute against Robert Cranbery in a plea of trespass etc. | Aylecote, Cranbery | ||
| Amercement | 2d | John Payne is in mercy because he does not prosecute against William Cole in a plea of trespass etc. | Payne, Cole | ||
| Essoin | Thomas Hokkeday against William atte Werthe, complainant, in a plea of debt. By Adam Cat. | Hokkeday, Werthe | |||
| Amercement | 2d | John Pyke is in mercy because he does not prosecute against John Bukesmore in a plea of trespass etc. | Pyke, Bukesmore | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain Walter Reve to make amends to John Vysaake senior for a trespass in his pasture with his beasts. And he should be distrained. | Reve, Vysaake | ||
| Stray remaining | One black hog, which came as a stray at the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross, still remains and is not claimed. | ||||
| Stray being over one year Note for the Account | One black hog, which came as a stray at the feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle in the past year, is now over one year and is adjudged to the lady. | ||||
| [Amercements] Distraint | 6d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Maynard <2d>, Matthew Bourton and Thomas Stoddon <2d> to make homage and fealty to the lady for tenements in Godescote. And they should be distrained. | Maynard, Bourton, Stoddon | ||
| Amercement | 3d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Donnyng to answer to John Morestone in a plea of debt. And he should be distrained. | Donnyng, Morestone | ||
| Distraint | John Aylecote | Aylecote, Sooche | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 3d | The tithingman and all the tithing of Godescote are in mercy because they did not repair the highway between Dounton and Regestone, muddy and deep. And they should be distrained. | |||
| Distraint | John Schillestone should be distrained to make homage and fealty to the lady for a tenement in Godescote. And he should be distrained. | Schillestone | |||
| Amercements Distraint | 6d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Charde <3d> and Stephen Fowedon <3d> to make homage and fealty to the lady for tenements which they claim to hold of the heirs of Roger Way by virtue of the purchase thereof after the statute. And they should be distrained. | Charde, Fowedon, Way | ||
| Distraint | Robert Kirkham <+> should be distrained to make homage and fealty etc to the lady. | Kirkham | |||
| Sum of the court 4s 6d | |||||
| Item from a stray over one year, 1 hog 6d | |||||
| 26 Feb 1431/32 (mem 2 front) | Court held in the same place on the next Tuesday after the feast of Saint Matthias the Apostle in the 10th year of the reign of King Henry VI [26 February 1431/2 or 20 May 1432, depending whether St Matthias’ Day is regarded as 24 February or 14 May. Whale has pencilled “Feb”.]. | ||||
| Amercement | 4d | The tithingman in the same place comes and presents the default of John <2d> Charde on this day. Therefore he is in mercy. Item Thomas Hokkeday <2d> for the same. | Charde, Hokkeday | ||
| Amercements | 6d | Item that Joan Valeys <2d> 1, John Boweton <2d> 1, Robert Hokkeday <2d> 1 brewed ale and broke the assize. Therefore they are in mercy. | Valeys, Boweton, Hokkeday | ||
| Attachment | Robert Wymbogh | Wymbogh, Fowedon | |||
| Attachment | John Fowedon | Fowedon, Wymbogh | |||
| Amercement | 2d | John Morestone is in mercy because he does not prosecute against Walter Churndon in a plea of trespass. | Morestone, Churndon | ||
| Attachment | Robert Cranbery senior | Cranbery, Byshop | |||
| Attachment | John Vysaak senior complains of Walter Reve | Vysaak, Reve | |||
| Amercement | 1d | John Vysaak senior is in mercy because he does not prosecute against Thomas More in a plea of trespass. | Vysaak, More | ||
| Amercement Execution | 2d | Thomas Cranbery | Cranbery, Churndon | ||
| Amercement Attachment | 2d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not attach William Bate | Bate, Joon | ||
| Law | John Manshippesdeche | Manshippesdeche, Rysdon, Cranbery | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain Walter Reve | Reve, Vysaak | ||
| Attachment | Thomas Trebek should be attached to answer to Edward Bornebery in a plea of trespass etc. | Trebek, Bornebery | |||
| Distraint | William atte Werthe | Werthe, Hokkeday | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain Walter Reve | Reve, Vysaak | ||
| Stray remaining | One black hog | ||||
| Amercement Distraint | 6d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Maynard <2d distraint>, Matthew Bourton <2d> and Thomas Stoddon <2d> to make homage and fealty to the lady for tenements in Godescote. And they should be distrained. | Maynard, Bourton, Stoddon | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 3d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Donnyng <+> to answer to John Morestone | Donnyng, Morestone | ||
| Amercement Execution | 2d | John Aylecote | Aylecote, Sooche | ||
| Law | John Aylecote | Aylecote, Scoche, Vysaak | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 3d | The tithingman and all the tithing of Godescote are in mercy because they did not repair the highway between Dounton and Regestone, muddy and deep. And they should be distrained. | |||
| Distraint | John Schilston <+ distraint> should be distrained to make homage and fealty to the lady for a tenement in Godescote. And [“he should be distrained” omitted?]. | Schilstone | |||
| Amercements Distraint | 6d | The reeve in mercy because he did not distrain John Charde <3d> and Stephen Fowedon <3d> to make homage and fealty to the lady for tenements which they claim to hold of the heirs of Roger Way by virtue of the purchase thereof after the statute. And they should be distrained. | Charde, Fowedon, Way | ||
| Distraint | Robert Kirkham <+> should be distrained to make homage and fealty etc to the lady. | Kirkham | |||
| Sum of the court 3s 5d | |||||
| 8 Apr 1432 (mem 2 front) | Bratton | Court held in the same place on the next Tuesday after the feast of Saint Ambrose in the 10th year of the reign of King Henry VI [11 December 1431 or 8 April 1432, depending whether St Ambrose’s Day is regarded as 7 December or 4 April. Whale has pencilled “April”.]. | |||
| Essoins | The tithingman in the same place comes and presents [“the default” omitted?] of John Charde | Charde, Clerk, Reve | |||
| Amercements | 8d | Item that John Benet <2d> 1, Robert Clerk <2d> 1, Robertus Cranbery <2d> 1, Roger Toly <2d> 1, brewed ale and broke the assize. Therefore they are in mercy. | Benet, Clerk, Cranbery, Toly | ||
| Stray remaining | Item that one | ||||
| Attachment | John Bourton | Bourton | |||
| Attachment | Thomas Carmynowe esquire complains of Henry atte Mylle | Carmynowe, Mylle | |||
| Attachment | The same Thomas [Carmynowe] complains of William Chard | Carmynowe, Chard | |||
| Attachment | William Chard complains of Henry atte Mille | Chard, Mille | |||
| Amercement | 2d | Robertus Wymbogh is in mercy because he does not prosecute against Richard Bysshop in a plea of debt | Wymbogh, Bysshop | ||
| Amercement | 2d | John Fowedon is in mercy because he does not prosecute against Robert Wymbogh in a plea of debt. | Fowedon, Wymbogh | ||
| Amercement | 2d | Robert Cranbery senior is in mercy because he does not prosecute against Richard Bysshop in a plea of debt. | Cranbery, Bysshop | ||
| Amercement | 2d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not attach Walter Reve | Reve, Vysaak | ||
| Amercement Execution | 2d | William Bate <+> is in mercy for detinue of 8d against John John | Bate, John | ||
| Essoin | John Manshippesdeche against Thomas Rysdon | Manshippesdeche, Rysdon | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain Walter Reve | Reve, Vysaak | ||
| Attachment | Thomas Trebyk | Trebyk, Borneby | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain Thomas Hokkeday | Hokkeday, Werthe | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain Walter Reve | Reve, Vysaak | ||
| Stray | One black hog | Southeyes | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 6d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Maynard <2d>, Matthew Bourton <2d> and Thomas Stoddon <2d> to make homage and fealty to the lady. And they should be distrained. For tenements in Godescote. | Maynard, Bourton, Stoddon | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 3d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Donnyng <+> to answer to John Morestone | Donnyng, Morestone | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 3d | The reeve is in mercy because did not raise 20s from John Aylecote, to the use of John Skoch, clerk. And he should be distrained. | Aylecote, Skoch | ||
| Essoin | John Aylecote | Aylecote, Skoch | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 3d | The tithingman and all the tithing of Godescote are in mercy because they did not repair the highway between Dounton and Regestone, muddy and deep. And they should be distrained. | |||
| Distraint | Robert Kirkham and John Shilston should be distrained to make homage and fealty to the lady. | Kirkham, Shilston | |||
| Amercements Distraint | 6d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Charde <3d> and Stephen Fowedon <3d> to make homage and fealty to the lady for tenements which they claim to hold of the heirs of Roger Way by virtue of the purchase thereof after the statute. And they should be distrained. | Charde, Fowedon, Way | ||
| Sum of the court 3s 9d | |||||
| 29 May 1432 (mem 2 reverse) | Bratton | Law court held in the same place on the Tuesday next after the feast of the Ascencion of our Lord in the 10th year of the reign of King Henry VI | |||
| Amercement | 2d | The tithingman and all the tithing in the same place, many times required, do not come. Therefore they are in mercy. | |||
| Amercement | 18d | And afterwards they come and present that Robert Hokkeday <3d> 1, John Toly <3d> 1, Joan Valeys <3d> 1, William Bate <3d> 1, John Boweton <3d> 1, John Estelake <3d> 1, brewed ale and broke the assize. Therefore they are in mercy. | Hokkeday, Toly, Valleys, Bate, Boweton, Estelake | ||
| Amercement | 3d | Item that John Toly made an assault against the peace upon William Clerke with his fist. Therefore he is in mercy. | Toly, Clerke | ||
| Farleu | 12d | Item that Thomas <2d> Cranbery, who held of the lady two tenements in Milton and Calwehous for the term of the lady’s life, has withdrawn, whereupon there falls due for farleu just as is at the head. | Cranbery | ||
| Land assessed Fine Recognizance | 7s 1 filly | And thereupon came John Vysaak junior and took all the holding of Milton, with the mill in the same place, to hold according to the custom of the manor, by the rent and services formerly due and accustomed in respect thereof. And he gives as a fine just as is at the head. And he made fealty. And he gives as recognizance just as is at the head. | Vysaak | ||
| Land assessed Fine Recognizance | 7s 1 capon | And thereupon came John Vysaak senior and took that holding in Calwehous, to hold according to the custom of the manor, by the rent and services formerly due and accustomed in respect thereof. And he gives to the lady as a fine just as is at the head. And he made fealty. And he gives as recognizance just as is at the head. | Vysaak | ||
| Farleu | 6d | Item that John Vysaak junior, who held of the lady one holding in Nytherfowedon for the term of the lady’s life, has withdrawn, whereupon there falls due to the lord for farleu just as is at the head. | Vysaak | ||
| Land assessed Fine Recognizance | 8s 2 colts | And thereupon came Henry Toly and took the aforesaid [Nytherfowden] holding from the lady, to hold for the term of the lady’s life according to the custom of the manor, by the services formerly due and accustomed in respect thereof. And he gives to the lady as a fine just as is at the head. And he made fealty. And he gives as recognizance just as is at the head. | Toly | ||
| Amercement | 2d | John Toly is in mercy because he does not prosecute against Robert Clerke in a plea of trespass etc. | Toly, Clerke | ||
| Law | Walter Reve is at law against John Aylecote <+ he does not prosecute> that he did not make any trespass against him in his rye and oats with his beasts. By the pledge of John Charde. | Reve, Aylecote, Charde | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | Item that John Charde received Thomas Reve | Charde, Reve | ||
| Felon's chattels | 3d | The reeve should be charged with a felon’s chattels just as is at the head. | |||
| Godescote | Amercement | 3d | The tithingman in the same place comes and presents that Robert Wandy made a rescue upon Roger Palmere of one bullock taken for distraint. Therefore he is in mercy. | Wandy, Palmere | |
| Amercement | 6d | Item that Robert Wandy made an assault against the peace upon Roger Palmere with one stone and drew blood. Therefore he is in mercy. | Wandy, Palmere | ||
| Amercements | 8d | Item that Robert Wandy <6d> raised a hue and cry upon Roger Palmere unjustly. Therefore he is in mercy by virtue of the office. And because the aforesaid Robert <2d> does not prosecute, therefore he is in mercy. | Wandy, Palmere | ||
| Amercement | 3d | Item that Alice the wife of Robert Wandy made an assault against the peace upon Margery Wandy with one staff. Therefore she is in mercy. | Wandy | ||
| Amercement | 6d | Item that Margery Wandy <+ she does not prosecute> raised a hue and cry upon Robert Wandy <6d> and Alice his wife justly. Therefore they are in mercy by virtue of the office. | Wandy | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | And the aforesaid Margery [Wandy], by her assent[?], opposes herself as complainant concerning the aforesaid Robert and Alice in a plea of trespass. And the tithingman of Godescote answers that she was [in error for “they were”?] attached by the pledge of Richard Cheldewille <1d>, who does not have them. Therefore he is in mercy. And let him be distrained. | Wandy, Cheldewille | ||
| Amercement | 3d | Item that Richard Estelake 1 brewed ale and broke the assize. Therefore he is in mercy | Estelake | ||
| Amercement | 3d | Item that Matthew Bourton made a rescue upon John Bourton of two cows taken for distraint, for rent and customary payments due to the him. Therefore he is in mercy. | Bourton | ||
| Amercement | 3d | Item he presents the default of John Donnyng on this day. Therefore he is in mercy. | Donnyng | ||
| Jurors for the King | John Skydemore John Benet Thomas Stoddon John Aylecote William Charde Richard Estelake John Morestone John Charde Richard Bysshop Robert Cranbery Stephen Fowedon Richard Toly The jurors aforesaid come and present nothing. | Skydemore, Benet, Stoddon, Aylecote, Charde, Estelake, Morestone, Bysshop, Cranbery, Fowedon, Toly | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | John Aylecote | Aylecote, Reve | ||
| Legal action remains | The action between Henry atte Mille <+ he does not prosecute>, complainant, and William Chard, in a plea of trespass, remans by the plea of the parties. | Mille, Chard | |||
| Legal action remains | The action between John Rysdon, complainant, and Stephen Fowedone | Rysdon, Fowedon, Visaak | |||
| Amercement Execution | 2d | Robert Wandry | Wandry, Morestone | ||
| Attachment | William atte Werthe complains of Thomas Cranbery <+ in mercy for licence to agree> in a plea of debt, who, summoned, does not come. Therefore he should be attached. | Werthe, Cranbery | |||
| Amercements | 4d | Robert Wandry is in mercy because he does not prosecute against Roger Palmere in a plea of trespass, in two separate complaints. | Wandy, Palmere | ||
| Attachment | William Peke | Peke Beaumond | |||
| Stray | One red calf | ||||
| Legal action remains | The action between John Bourton | Bourton | |||
| Amercement | 2d | Henry atte Mille is in mercy for licence to agree with Thomas Carmynowe in a plea of trespass. By the pledge of Richard Estelake. | Mille, Carmynowe | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | William Chard | Chard, Carmynowe | ||
| Legal action remains | William Chard <+ he does not prosecute> complains of Henry atte Mille in a plea of trespass. And the action remains by the plea of the parties. | Chard, Mille | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not levy 8d from William Bate | Bate, John | ||
| Amercement | 3d | Thomas Rysdon is in mercy because he does not prosecute against John Manshippesdeche in a plea of trespass. | Rysdon, Manshippesdeche | ||
| Attachment | Thomas Trebek | Trebek, Borneby | |||
| Amercement | 2d | Thomas Hokkeday is in mercy for licence to agree with William atte Werthe in a plea of debt etc. | Hokkeday, Werthe | ||
| Stray proved Customary payment | 3d | William Southyeo came to this court and in due manner proved one black hog, which came as a stray at the feast of the Invention last year, to be his own chattel. And he gives as a customary payment just as is at the head. | Southyeo | ||
| Amercements Distraint | 6d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Maynard <2d>, Mathew Bourton <2d> and Thomas Stoddon <2d> to make homage to the lord for tenements in Godescote. And they should be distrained. | Maynard, Bourton, Stoddon | ||
| More of the same follows in the following roll | |||||
| Amercement Distraint | 3d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Donnyng <+ essoined; distraint; complaint[?]> to answer to John Morestone | Donnyng, Morestone | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not levy 20s from John Aylecote <+ satisfied> to the use of John Skoche, clerk. And he should be distrained. | Aylecote, Skoche | ||
| Amercement Execution | 2d | John Aylecote | Aylecote, Skoch | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 3d | The tihingman and all the tithing of Godescote are in mercy because they did not repair the highway between Dounton and Regestone, muddy and deep. And they should be distrained. | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 4d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain Robert Kirkham <2d> and John Schilstone <2d> to make homage and fealty to the lord. And he should be distrained. | Kirkham, Schilstone | ||
| Amercement | 6d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Charde <3d> and Stephen Fowedon <3d> to make homage and fealty to the lady for tenements which they claim to hold of | Charde, Fowedon, Way | ||
| Sum of the court 9s 6d | |||||
| Item from farleus 18d | |||||
| Item from fines of land 22ss | |||||
| Item from recognizances 3 foals 1 capon | |||||
| Item from a felon's goods 3d | |||||
| 22 Sep 1432 (mem 3 reverse) | Bratton | Court held in the same place on the Monday next after the feast of Saint Matthew the Apostle in the 11th year of the reign of King Henry VI | |||
| Amercement | 2d | The tithingman in the same place comes and presents the default of William Bate on this day. Therefore he is in mercy. | Bate | ||
| Amercements | 8d | Item that John Boweton <3d> 2, William Bate <2d> 1, Robert Hokkeday <2d> 1, John Aleyn <2d> 1, brewed ale and broke the assize. Therefore they are in mercy. | Boweton, Bate, Hokkeday, Aleyn | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | Item that William Bate allowed his houses to be ruinous and badly roofed. And he should be distrained. | Bate | ||
| Stray | The reeve presents that 3 hogs, which came as strays at the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross, remain and are not claimed. | ||||
| Amercement | 2d | Thomas Bokepitte is in mercy for licence to agree with John Estelake in a plea of debt. | Bokepitte, Estelake | ||
| Amercement | 2d | Richard Estelake is in mercy because he does not prosecute against Thomas Bokepitte in a plea of trespass. | Estelake, Bokepitte | ||
| Attachment | John Estelake complains of Henry atte Mille in a plea of debt, who, summoned, does not come. Therefore he should be attached. | Estelake, Mille | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | Joan Stoddon complains of Robert Huchyn in a plea of detinue of cattle/chattels, who does not come. And he was attached by the pledge of Robert Cranbery, who does not have him. Therefore he is in mercy. And he should be distrained. | Stoddon, Huchyn, Cranbery | ||
| Amercement | 2d | Thomas Rysdon is in mercy because he does not prosecute against John Churndon in a plea of [blank]. | Rysdon, Churndon | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | The tithingman is in mercy because he does not have that knife with which Henry Ballesdon drew blood against the pace [peace?] from Thomas Rysdon. And he should be distrained. | Ballesdon, Rysdon | ||
| Amercement | 2d | Margery Cranbery is in mercy because she does not prosecute against Richard Bisshop in a plea of debt. | Cranbery, Bisshop | ||
| Amercement | 2d | Robert Clerk is in mercy for licence to agree with John Toly in a plea of trespass. | Clerk, Toly | ||
| Distraint | Stephen Fowedon should be distrained to answer to John Rysdon in a plea of agreement. | Fowedon, Rysdon | |||
| Amercement Attachment | 2d | John Peke complains of Matthew Beamont in a plea of debt, whom the reeve has not yet attached. Therefore he is in mercy. And he should be attached. | Peke, Beamont | ||
| Stray | One red calf which came as a stray at the feast of All Saints still remains and is not claimed. | ||||
| Legal action remains | John Morestone complains of John Donnyng and Diseria his wife, executors of the will of Thomas White, in a plea of debt, and the action remains, by the plea of the parties. | Morestone, Donnyng, White | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 3d | The tithingman and all the tithing of Godescot are in mercy because they did not repair the highway between Dounton and Regestone, muddy and deep. And they should be distrained. | |||
| Distraint | Robert Kirkham should be distrained to make homage to the lady. | Kirkham | |||
| Amercement Distraint | 2d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Schilstone to make homage to the lady for a tenement in Godescote. And he should be distrained. | Schilstone | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 6d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Charde and Stephen Fowedon to make homage and fealty to the lady for tenements which they claim to hold of the heirs of Roger Way by virtue of the purchase thereof after the statute. And they should be distrained. | Charde, Fowedon, Way | ||
| Amercement Distraint | 6d | The reeve is in mercy because he did not distrain John Maynard <2d>, Matthew Bourton <2d> and Thomas Stoddon <2d> to make homage and fealty to the lady for tenements in Godescote. | Maynard, Bourton, Stoddon | ||
| Repair of houses | 5d | The reeve should be charged for the repair of the houses of Calwehous just as is at the head. | |||
| Sale of wood | 2s 10d | Item for wood sold, just as is at the head. | |||
| Sum of the court 3s 9d | |||||
| Sum total of 8 courts this year 42s 2d | |||||
| Item from strays over one year, 3 hogs, price 18d | |||||
| Item from farleus 18d | |||||
| Item from fines of land 22ss | |||||
| Item from recognizances 3 foals 1 capon | |||||
| Item for repair of houses 5s | |||||
| Item for wood sold 2s 10d |