Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    R8/62/1/6(Roll49a)
  • Title
    Willington, view of frankpledge and court roll. Manor of Katherine, Duchess of Norfolk [membrane 7d]
  • Date free text
    8 Oct, 1 Edward IV [1461]
  • Production date
    From: 1461 To: 1461
  • Scope and Content
    Roll 49a Welyton View of Frankpledge with court of Katherine Duchess of Norfolk, held there on the viijo [8th] day of the month of October in the first year of the reign of Edward the fourth after the conquest of England [1461] Thomas Rokes the Steward Essoins Elizabeth Maryon and Nicholas Cruse of the community by John Gostwyk Common fines vijs vd [7s 5d] John Yarwey the elder Robert Taillour John Sterlyng John Yarwey the younger Nicholas Wareyn Walter Yarwey John Norman John Stones John Rydyer John Taillour Randolph Bawdewyn William Couper The xij [12] heads of Tithings sworn there present that they gave vijs vd [7s 5d] to the lady as common fine on this day for which John Gostwyk the bailiff was answerable to the lady. Amercements ijs xd [2s 10d] penalty for damage penalty before the next [court] And that Edmund Grey iiijd [4d] lord of Ruthyn, knight, the Prior of Newnham iiijd [4d] for thirty acres of land with appurtenances, Roger Coupere ijd [2d] and John of Belton ijd [2d] who should have come on this day and did not come, therefore they are all amerced. And that John Morbourne ijd [2d] tenant, should have scoured his stopped-up ditch lying next to his messuage, causing a nuisance. Therefore he is amerced. And that John Chapleyn has not cleared his ditch lying next to the King’s Road opposite his tenement. It is still stopped up and causing a nuisance. Therefore he incurs the penalty of vjd [6d] put on him at the last [court] and now it is forfeited to the lady for not being cleared. And lastly that if the nuisances are not cleared before the next court, then the penalty for each of them will be xijd [12d]. And that Henry Maye ijd [2d] is a butcher and he sold meat without heads, in his workshop , for excessive gain against the statute. Therefore he is amerced. And that William Lentewhet ijd [2d] is a baker of white bread and broke the assize of bread. Therefore he is amerced. And that Simon Ussher xijd [12d] is the miller and took excessive toll. Therefore he is amerced. And that the same Simon Usshere iiijd [4d] took toll at the bin’ and not on the lady’s land for two years against the statute concerning which is proclaimed, causing nuisance to all the villagers. Therefore he is amerced. Presented by the constables and the tasters of ale amercements xvjd [16d] Chattel forfeited, valued at jd [1d] John Flaunders and John Starlyng, sworn Constables and Tasters of ale there, present that Simon Usshere ijd [2d] assaulted John Rydye with one baton valued at jd [1d] against the peace of the lord king. Therefore he is amerced. And that Alicia Stoughton vjd [6d] constantly and John Rydye vjd [6d] constantly for the said year and John Norman ijd [2d] once, brewed and broke the assize of ale. Therefore they are amerced. Xij sworn men John Cooke Henry Maye John Bawde John Myton William Tayllour Thomas Garter Robert Cooke John Tyler William Chamberleyn John Warnere John Ropere Robert Partryche The xij sworn jurors present that the Constables, Tithing Men and Tasters of Ale there well and faithfully presented and omitted or concealed nothing. Proceedings of the little court The sworn homage amercements iiijd [4d] penalties The homage there present that John Morbourne ijd [2d] has one ruined barn within his messuage that he holds from the lady at will, needing of repairs. Therefore he is amerced. And that John Sterlyng’s ijd [2d] messuage is ruined and needs repairs. And therefore he is amerced. And furthermore it is ordered that they should well and competently repair the said messuage and barn before the next under a penalty for each of them of iijs iiijd [3s 4d] forfeited to the lady. Fallow land, excused amercement ijd [2d] Roger Coupere ijd [2d] was charged for not coming to his fallow land. He was amerced, To this court came John Fraunceys and Agnes his wife and John their son and took one messuage with a garden and a nearby croft and ten acres of land and meadow with appurtenances, lately in the holding of John Palmere, from the lady, to have and to hold it for the terms of their lives and whichever of them lives longest, at the will of the lady, according to the custom of the manor by services, rendering therefrom xs [10s] a year to the lady at the usual terms there and suit of the common court and all the customary services due therefrom. And the aforesaid John Fraunceys and Agnes his wife and John their son will not give a heriot to the lady after the custom, neither after their death or withdrawal, any heriot. Conversely they have given ij [2] capons valued at viijd [8d] to the lady as entry fine for having. And they made fealty to the lady. Penalty, a brief John Morborne the sworn Warrener there presents that John Fitz Geffrey esquire of Thurleigh in the county of Bedford, [had] this day at Court, for fishing within the head of water of the lady in the Wall[?] of the church’s byn on the land of the mill and from there he took ij [2] small pikes without permission. Therefore a brief was presented against him. The bailiff was ordered to deliver timber to the tenants … It was presented to the bailiff that he should make a delivery to John Taillour, one of the lady’s tenants, of ij [2] spars for making and repairing one new building called a ‘bakehouse,’ within the cottage lately in the holding of William Tayllour, X [10] shillings in cash for [illegible] from ten oaks and one rood of withies from the lady’s wood to repair the aforesaid building, and so John Tayllour should keep and repair the aforesaid at his own cost and expense. And furthermore the same bailiff was ordered to make a delivery to John Roper, another tenant of the lady, of one rood of withies within the lady’s wood for repairs to his messuage that he holds from the lady at will etc Penalty Simon Usshere, the miller, was ordered not to take toll from now on after the date of this view with Court at the bin , that is to say on land within his mill strips, under a penalty of iijs iiijd [3s 4d] to be forfeited to the lady. Assessors of fines, John Cooke, John Myton Sum of this View with Court xiijs iiijd [13s 4d] In expenses of Thomas Rokes the elder and others coming to the court, all being taken in pence vijs viijd [7s 8d] The next roll, 49b, is for Cardington. The names are significantly different from the names in the Willington court rolls. The court in Cardington was held the day after the roll written above.
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