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Inquisition Post Mortem before Peter Fige, the King's escheator, concerning Richard Conquest knight

16 Sep 16 James I [1618]

From: 1618 To: 1618

jury: Richard Spicer alias Helder, gentleman Alexander Reade, gentleman Edward Buckmaister, gentleman Cuthbert George Edmund Cooke John Wells Thomas Everett William Buckmaister Roger Fynche Robert Streighte Richard Fisher John Bennell who say that Richard Conquest knight, died seised of:- -manor of Houghton Conquest otherwise Conquest Burye -one capital messuage called Conquest Burye -400 acres of land, meadow, pasture and wood in Houghton Conquest, Ampthill, Maulden, Haynes and Clophill, known by the following names: Bury Wood; Innynges; Burye Close; Twenty Acres; Farnye Hill; Farnye Spynie; Hoggehill; Fortie Acres; Rolfes; Howerhills; Newe Pasture; Backside Feild; Hill Close; Sears Close; Twelve Acres; le Frith alias Crowches; Hellcroft alias Brickhill Pasture; Brome Close; Laye Close with 2 pightles adjoining; Brickhill Pasture Grove with 3 other groves adjoining; Little Fatting Pasture; Great Fatting Pasture; one cottage with a small pightle of pasture, called Sparkes tenement in Houghton Conquest; 2 other cottages with appurtenances in Houghton Conquest aforesaid, one in Kebill End and one in Piswiche End once in the occupation of Henry Peirson; 3 closes of pasture in Ampthill once in occupation of Thomas Midleton, belonging to the said manor; advowson of the church of Houghton Conquest was also seised of: A. close of pasture called Limbotttsyes in Ampthill 2 closes called Barnacles Feild in Houghton Conquest certain closes called Rowses in Haynes, 100 acres B. one messuage in Houghton Conquest next to the Church Yard C. one messuage called Dynsies 2 other messuages in the several occupations of William Sames and John Daye in Houghton Conquest and Haynes several other closes or parcels of land with appurtenances in Houghton Conquest, Haynes or Clophill, viz: Brymsey; Collens alias Coles; Orchard Close; Little Megram; Neither Mead; Stockinges; Julyans Grove; Calves Close; Hawe Croft; Neither Close; Giddings Pightell; Litle Croft; Pettye Mager; Broomes Close; Monkes Mead; Farne Close with a small close at its end; 7 acres of meadow near Clophill Bridge; Crowcheleys; Graunge Croft; 70 acres arable in occupation of William Sames; 86 acres arable belonging to said messuage called Dynsyes D. messuage and 5 acres land and pasture adjoining in Chappell End in Houghton Conquest, late in occupation of Nicholas Cawne messuage with appurtenances in Houghton Conquest late in occupation of Thomas Groman 40 acres arable in Houghton Conquest late in occupation of Edmund Hill Recites: Recovery, Hilary Term 38 Elizabeth [1596] (i)Miles Sandes esquire, William Hewett esquire (querents) (ii) Richard Conquest esquire (deforciant) -manor of Houghton Conquest otherwise Conquest Burye, 15 messuages, 500 acres land, 50 acres meadow, 200 acres pasture, 40 acres wood, 50s rent in Houghton Conquest, Ampthill, Maulden, Hawnes and Clophill to uses as in RO5/256 jury also says that Richard Conquest was seised of: messuage and appurtenances called le Swane messuage and appurtenances called le Wyndmill in Watlinge Strete in the parish of All Saints in Breadstrete in Cheapeward in London Richard Conquest died 28 November 15 James I [1617] at Houghton Conquest and his sons Richard, Lewis and Edmund entered into their respective parts of the premises for the term of their lives as aforesaid. After the making of the said recovery Dorothy late wife of Richard Conquest died at Houghton Conquest; Elizabeth wife of Edmund survives. The manor of Houghton Conquest, the capital messuage and the aforesaid lands and tenements belonging are worth £20 per annum and are held in chief of the lord King premises A: were held at the death of Richard Conquest the father in part of the heirs of William Gascoigne knight as of his manor of Houghton; rest held of Earl of Kent as of his manor of ... ; worth £10 per annum premises B: worth 8s per annum, not known of whom held premises C: worth £15 per annum, not known of whom held premises D: worth £5 per annum, not known of whom they were held value of advowson not known premises in Watling Street held of the lord king as of his manor of Greenwich and worth 40s per annum Edmund Conquest is the son and heir of Richard Conquest his father and is now aged 49 years and more signature: Peter Fige, escheator Seal on a tongue at Dunstable

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Conquest, Richard,
Fige, Peter,
Spicer, Richard,
Helder, Richard,
Reade, Alexander,
Buckmaister, Edward,
George, Cuthbert,
Cooke, Edmund,
Wells, John,
Everett, Thomas,
Buckmaister, William,
Fynche, Roger,
Streighte, Robert,
Fisher, Richard,
Bennell, John,
Peirson, Henry,
Midleton, Thomas,
Sames, William,
Daye, John,
Cawne, Nicholas,
Groman, Thomas,
Hill, Edmund,
Sandes, Miles,
Hewett, William,
Conquest, Lewis,
Conquest, Edmund,
Conquest, Dorothy,
Conquest, Elizabeth,
Gascoigne, William,
Kent, Earl of

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