Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    R8/62/1/4(Roll15)
  • Title
    Willington, view of frankpledge and court roll. Manor of John Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham and Earl Marshal of England [membrane 8 & 8d]
  • Date free text
    4 Oct, 1 Henry V [1413]
  • Production date
    From: 1413 To: 1413
  • Scope and Content
    Roll 15 View of Frankpledge with Court of John Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham and Marshall of England, held there on Wednesday next after the feast of St Michael the Archangel [29th September] in the first year of the reign of Henry the fifth after the conquest [4th Oct 1413] Sworn men John Bande Henry Yarwey John Warner the younger [annotated 'the middle'] John Myton John Goffe John Bande the younger John Rydere John Treket Thomas Tele John Gaubryel John Yarwey John Palmer Common fines xijs [12s], amercements xd [10d] They present that they gave xijs [12s] as common fine on this day. And that Simon ijd [2d] King, John ijd [2d]Frelove, Robert ijd [2d]Cook, William ijd [2d]Pecke and Roger ijd [2d] Kempsten made default and therefore were amerced. Amercement xiiijd [14d] Also they present that Thomas ijd [2d] [annotated 'mended'] Rydere has one stopped up weir at the end of the vill, so the water is not carried in its course. Therefore he is amerced. And he was ordered to put it right before the next [court] under a penalty of xijd [12d]. And that John ijd [2d] [annotated 'mended'] Maryon has an overflowing ditch outside the gate of his holding, causing a nuisance. And that John ijd [2d]Gostwick has an overflowing ditch outside the gate of the holding called ‘Cokys’ causing nuisance. Therefore they are amerced. And they are ordered to repair them before the next under a penalty of xijd [12d] for each. And that Robert ijd [2d]) Myton and John Gaubryel are answerable for John Clement and he is outside a tithing, and Robert ijd [2d]Akyrman, for his son Richard and he is outside a tithing. Therefore they are amerced. And days were given for the said John and Richard to enrol into a tithing Strays, a swarm of bees worth vjd [6d] And that one swarm of bees valued at vjd [6d] was taken into the liberty of the lord about the feast of the Ascension of the Lord [June 1st] this year as strays. And they were sold to Henry Yarwey and the bailiff is answerable. And that the Tasters iiijd [4d] of ale have not fulfilled their office as they should do. Therefore they are amerced. Penalty The aforesaid sworn men present that they have seen a certain [annotated 'all the watercourse is good'] ditch belonging to John Maryon in Coppyd Halle croft and a certain ditch belonging to John [annotated 'all the fields by watercourse made good'] Gostwyk were not wide enough and they should be circulating before the next Court, under a penalty of xxs [20s] Stray, one pig valued at iiijd [4d] the bailiff is answerable And that one pig valued at iiijd [4d] was taken into the lord’s liberty as a stray about the feast of St Michael [September 29th] in the last year and none came. It was sold to Richard Waryn’. The bailiff is answerable Amercement xd [10d] John Bande and John Warner, constables, present that John Crook lawfully called the hue on Elena iijd [3d] wife of Robert Tele the Smyth, through the pledge of the constables and the constables ijd [2d] have not amerced her. And that Alice wife of Thomas Sterlynge lawfully called the hue on John iijd [3d] Abel through the pledge of the constables ijd [2d] who have not amerced the said John. Amercement ijs iiijd [2s 4d] William Rydere and Robert Myton, tasters of ale, present that Thomas ijd [2d] Rydere ij [2], Alice ijd [2d] Tele j [1], John ijd [2d] Bande j [1], Felicia ijd [2d] Prentys j [1], Henry ijd [2d] Yarwey j [1], John xijd [12d] Goffe constantly and John vjd [6d] Clement constantly, brewed and sold ale and broke the assize. Therefore they are amerced Amercement ijd [2d] was ordered to raise vjd [6d] Also the aforesaid sworn men present that Richard ijd [2d] Lytefot has cut down one tree called a poplar worth vjd [6d] on the holding he holds from the Lord and has not put the said tree in the repairs of his house but has sold the said tree without permission. Therefore he is amerced and is ordered to raise the said vjd [6d] for the lord’s agent Defective buildings, penalties Also they present that Thomas Smyth has one grange, Richard Lytefot j [1] [annotated 'put right'] Inset house and one [illegible] bakery, John Goffe [annotated 'put right'] one newly made room not roofed and j [1] grange, Elena Cras’ j [1] house and j [1] room, Robert Fesaund j [1] pigsty, all falling down, John Bande one room [annotated 'mended'] and Richard Baudewene j [1] grange ruined and defective. Therefore it was ordered to them that they should well and sufficiently put them right before the feast of St Peter in Chains [August 1st] under a penalty for each of xs [10s]. Consulting note well-[written in darker ink and a different hand] Also they present that John Pecke has one enclosure called le hoo in which the Lord of this lordship should have common pasture for his livestock from the feast of St. Peter in Chains [August 1] until the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Mary the Virgin [Feb 2] that the said John enclosed with hedges and ditches so that the lord cannot have the aforesaid common at a great loss to the lord. Therefore advice would be taken from the lord’s council. Surrender, herriot ij [2] hoggetts valued at xld [40d], the bailiff is answerable Also they present that Robert Tele, Smyth, who held two cottages, according to the custom of the Manor, from the Lord by service, rendering iiijs [4s] a year to the lord, came and surrendered the said holdings into the hand of the lord. After which surrenders a heriot of ij [2] hoggets [pigs or sheep usually in their second year] valued at xld [40d] fell due to the lord, for which the bailiff was answerable and took them into the hands of the lord. And the said holding remains in the hand of the lord, failing a tenant. Therefore the bailiff was answerable to the lord for the profits. Amercement ijd [2d], amercement ijd [2d] John Rydere, who was at mercy, reached an agreement with John Bodenho in a plea of debt John Gaubryel who was in mercy, reached an agreement with John Bodenho in a plea of debt. Handing over of timber, penalties It was ordered that William Cook, keeper of Welyngton Wode has given xv [15] trees to John Gaubryel, to Thomas Rydere xxiiij [24], to William Tayllour iiij [4], to Richard Akyrman ij [2], ['to Felicia Prentys' deleted] to Robert Partryche vij [7], for the repairs of various buildings. And they were ordered to put the said trees in the repairs of their buildings before Easter under a penalty for each of them of xxs [20s] The xij sworn men present that the tithing men, constables and tasters of ale well and faithfully presented and concealed nothing. On the reverse Fixed payment entry fine paid for the mill cxiijs iiijd [113s 4d] At this Court the Lord granted his Welyngton water mill to John Ussher. The aforesaid John and his assigns to have and to hold the said mill and its appurtenances from the last feast of St Michael the Archangel given before this Court, until the end of the next nine years following and fully complete, rendering therefrom to the lord eight marks vjs viijd [£5 13s 4d] at two terms a year, that is to say at the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary [25th March] and of St Michael [29th September] by equal portions. And the said John and his assigns will provide for millstones and all of the Machinery pertaining to the said mill during their aforesaid term at the mill. And they will sufficiently sustain or sufficiently repair the mill Dams and the holding and will put them right at their own expense taking timber [annotated 'as necessary'] from the Lord for repairing the aforesaid mill and Dam as is found necessary by the assigns and lord’s officials handing over who have been instructed to deputise for him for the custom and expense of the said John. And they will provide one limb for the same John to repair and put right the said Dam during the aforesaid term. And the said John and his assigns will hand over the said mill, the stones for milling and all the Machinery pertaining to the said mill and the mill Dams at the end of the term of the tenancy well and sufficiently repaired. Agreeing that the same shall be well and faithfully observed and be held by the same John Ussher and at the end his obligations obliged by his heirs and his executors. And he provided twenty pounds in sterling silver, as above, as obliged and fully complete in the above script. Which certain deed remains in the bag of rolls of Bedford. Assessors of fines Robert Myton, Thomas Rydere Sum xxijs ijd iiijd [22s 2d 4d] from which expenses of the steward and others on the same day vs vjd ob [5s 6½d] [Translation: Dorothy Jamieson]
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