Ipm of Godfrey Fulnetby (C 142/63/56)
It was delivered to the court on the third day of December in the year, below written, by the hands of George Foster.
Inquisition, indented, taken at Boston in the county of Lincoln on the fifth day of November in the 33rd year of the reign of King Henry VIII, before Anthony Robertson, esquire, escheator of the said lord king in the aforesaid county, by virtue of a writ of the same lord king de diem clausit extremum after the death of Godfrey Fulnetby, esquire, lately deceased, directed to the same escheator and annexed to this this inquisition, by the oath of William Cokler, John Almondson, Richard …, Peter …, Thomas …, … Nessefeld, Nicholas Lee, Thomas Westland, John Bustard, John Foster, William Alenson, William Marten, Thomas Cony, Thomas Johnson and Leonard Bawdre. Who say upon their oath that a long time before the death of the aforesaid Godfrey Fulnetby, named in the said writ, a certain John Fulnetby, esquire, father of the said Godfrey, was seised in his demesne as of fee of and in the manors of Fulnetby and Botheby with appurtenances in the county of Lincolnshire, and also of and in 20 messuages, 500 acres of land, 214 acres of meadow, 250 acres of pasture, 34s of rent with appurtenances in Fulnetby and Botheby, aforesaid, Rande, Halbertoft, Asshyngton, Welton, Orby, Braytoft, Thoreswey and Tydde St Mary in the county of Lincolnshire, and the same John Fulnetby, being so seised of the aforesaid manors, lands, tenements and rents with appurtenances, in consideration of a certain marriage to be celebrated between the aforesaid Godfrey Fulnetby, named in the said writ, son and heir of the said John, on the one part, and a certain Elizabeth, daughter of William Godryk, on the other part, the aforesaid John Fulnetby by his certain deed, indented, shown in evidence to the aforesaid jurors upon the taking of this inquisition, completed between the aforesaid John Fulnetby on the one part and the aforesaid William Godryk on the other part. By which same deed the same John Fulnetby for his part amongst other things with the aforesaid William covenanted and agreed by these words following, as in English: Also the said John Fulnety by these presents covenants and grants that he, before the day of St Andrew the apostle next coming, shall suffer and cause to be suffered John Topclyff of Somerby in the county of Lincolnshire, esquire, Geoffrey Paynell of Toft in the county of Lincoln, esquire, Thomas Robertson of Algerkyrk in the county of Lincoln, merchant of the staple at Calais, Richard Wheitcroft of Conysby in the county of Lincoln, merchant of the staple at Calais, and John Goodrik, son and heir of the said William, to have a sure, sufficient and a lawful estate by recovery by one writ of entry in the post against him and Johan his wife at the costs and expenses of the said John Fulnetby of the manor of Botheby in the county of Lincoln with the lands and tenements, together with the said manor, to be of the clear yearly value of £20 over all charges necessary to the intent following. That is to say, that of lands and tenements of the yearly value of £13 6s 8d of the same. Whereof the said manor of Botheby and the mansion with the demesnes and appurtenances of the same to be parcel. The said John, Geoffrey, Thomas, Richard and John Goodrik shall immediately after the said recovery stand and be seised to the use and behoof of the said Godfrey Fulnetby and the said Elizabeth and to the heirs of the body of the said Godfrey, and for lack of heirs of the body of the said Godfrey, then to the use of the heirs of the body of the said John Fulnetby, and for lack of heirs of the body of the said John Fulnetby, then to the use of the right heirs of the said John Fulnetby forever, and of lands and tenements of the yearly value of £6 13s 4d, residue of the said lands and tenements, comprised in the said recovery, the said John, Geoffrey, Thomas, Richard and John Goodrik to be seised to the use of the said John Fulnetby for term of his life, and after his decease the use of the said Godfrey and Elizabeth and to the heirs of the body of the said Godfrey begotten. And for lack of such heirs of the body of the said Godfrey, then to the use of the heirs of the of the body of the said John Fulnetby, and for lack of heirs of the body of the said John Fulnetby, then to the use of the right heirs of the said John Fulnetby forever. And the aforesaid jurors say further upon their oath that the aforesaid Geoffrey Paynell, Thomas Roberdson, John Topcliff and Richard Whetcroft, in complement and performance of the said covenants and agreements, specified above in the same deed, indented, afterwards, namely in the term of St Michael in the first year of the reign of King Henry VIII, before the justices of the same lord king at Westminster, by John Haslerton, then their attorney, by writ of the said lord king upon disseisin in le post, recovered against the same John Fulnetby and the aforesaid Joan his wife the manor of Botheby with appurtenances, and four messuages, 100 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow and 60 acres of pasture with appurtenances in Botheby, Orby, Welton, Braytoft and Halbertoft, aforesaid, parcel of the aforesaid manors, lands, tenements and rents, just as in the aforesaid term, in the 329th roll, is more fully clear and apparent as of record. By virtue of which same recovery, the aforesaid Geoffrey Paynell, Thomas Roberdson, John Topclyff and Richard Wetcroft were seised in their demesne as of fee tail of the aforesaid manor and tenements and further to the use, recited and specified above in the said deed, indented, and the same men being so seised in the aforesaid form, the aforesaid John Fulnetby died on the 11th day of May in the 16th year of the reign of the said lord King Henry VIII. After whose death, the aforesaid Geoffrey Paynell, Thomas Roberdson, John Topclyf and Richard Whetcroft were seised in their demesne as of fee tail of the aforesaid manor and tenements, parcel, with appurtenances to the use of the said Godfrey Fulnetby and the said Elizabeth his wife according to the form and effect of the aforesaid indenture. And the aforesaid Geoffrey Paynell, Thomas Roberdson, John Topcliff and Richard Whetcroft, being so seised of that manor and of the aforesaid tenements with appurtenances, parcel, in the aforesaid form, the same Geoffrey, John Topclif and Richard Wetcroft died, and the aforesaid Thomas Roberdon survived the same Geoffrey, John Topclif and Richard Wetcroft and kept himself in the aforesaid manor and tenements with appurtenances and was thereupon seised alone in his demesne as of fee tail to the abovesaid use by ius accrescendi, and the same Thomas Roberdson, being so seised in the aforesaid form, the same Thomas Roberdson died alone seised to the abovesaid use. After whose death the aforesaid manors and tenements, parcel, with appurtenances descended to a certain Nicholas Roberdson, esquire, as son and heir of the said Thomas. By virtue of which, the same Nicholas was thereupon seised in his demesne as of fee tail to the aforesaid use of the aforesaid manor and tenements with appurtenances, parcel, until the fourth day of February in the 27th year of King Henry VIII. On which day by the statute, then issued and provided, the aforesaid Godfrey Fulnetby and Elizabeth his wife were seised of the aforesaid manor and tenements with appurtenances, parcel, viz the aforesaid Godfrey in demesne as of fee tail, and the aforesaid Elizabeth in her demesne as of a free tenement. And the said Godfrey and Elizabeth, being so seised of the same manor of Botheby with appurtenances, and of the aforesaid four messuages, 100 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow and 60 acres of pasture with appurtenances in Botheby, Orby, Welton, Braytoft and Halbertoft, aforesaid, with appurtenances, parcel of the aforesaid manors, lands and tenements, in the aforesaid form, the aforesaid Godfrey Fulnetby died, and the aforesaid Elizabeth survived him and kept herself inside in the aforesaid manor and tenements with appurtenances by ius accrescendi, and is still in full life and still is seised to the abovesaid use. And also the aforesaid jurors say upon their oath that the aforesaid Godfrey Fulnetby, named in the said writ, a long time before his death, was seised in demesne as of fee of and in the aforesaid manor of Fulnetby, aforesaid, with appurtenances. And of and in 16 messuages, 408 acres of land, 174 acres of meadow, 197 acres of pasture and 54s of rent with appurtenances, the rest of the aforesaid lands, tenements and rents in Fulnetby, Botheby, Rande, Halbertoft, Asshyngton, Walton, Orby, Braytoft, Thoreswey and Tidde St Mary, aforesaid. And he being so seised, died thereupon alone seised. And also the aforesaid jurors say upon their oath that the aforesaid manor of Fulnetby, 12 messuages, 160 acres of land, 80 acres of meadow, 80 acres of pasture and 20s of rent with appurtenances in Fulnetby and Rande, aforesaid, are held and at the time of the death of the said Godfrey were held of Thomas, earl of Rutland, as of his manor of Wragby by the seventh part of one knight’s fee, but by what other services the aforesaid jurors are completely ignorant. And they are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises £18. And that the aforesaid manor of Botheby with appurtenances and also four messuages, 88 acres of land, 120 acres of meadow, 128 acres of pasture and 54s of rent with appurtenances in Botheby, Halbertoft and Asshyngton, aforesaid, are held and at the time of the death of the said Godfrey were held of the warden and society of the college, founded in the university of Oxford, to the honor and glory of omnipotent God and memory of St Mary Magdalene commonly called Mawdelen College in the university of Oxford as of his manor of Candylsby in the county of Lincolnshire by fealty and the rent of 2s a year, but by what other services the aforesaid jurors do not know. And they are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises £20. And also they say that one other messuage or toft and 30 acres of land with appurtenances in Welton, aforesaid, are held and at the time of the death of the said Godfrey were held of Charles, duke of Suffolk, as of his manor of Hanby by fealty and the rent of 8s 8d. And they are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises 20s. And furthermore, the aforesaid jurors say that one messuage, 16 acres of land and 12 acres of pasture with appurtenances in Orby are held and at the time of the death of the said Godfrey were held of Walter Griffith, knight, as of his manor of Orby by fealty and the rent of one pound of pepper a year. And they are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises 30s. And that one messuage, 14 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, 23 acres of pasture with appurtenances in Braytoft, aforesaid, are held and at the time of the death of the said Godfrey were held of Elizabeth Taylboys, widow, Lady Taylboys, as of her manor of Croft by fealty and the rent of 14d a year. And they are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises 40s. And also that one message, 200 acres of land and four acres of pasture with appurtenances in Thoreswey, aforesaid, are held and at the time of the death of the said Godfrey were held of the heirs of Thomas Hatcliff as of his manor of Thoreswey by fealty and the rent of one halfpenny a year. And they are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises twenty … … [And] further the aforesaid jurors say upon their oath that the aforesaid Godfrey Fulnetby, named in the said writ, died on the 28th day of January in the 32nd year of the reign of King Henry VIII. And that John Fulnetby, gentleman, is the son and heir of the said Godfrey, and was aged on the day of the taking of this inquisition 30 years and more. And they say further that the aforesaid [Godfrey Fulnetby], named in the said writ, did not have or hold, or any other or others had or held to his use, any other or more manors, lands or tenements of the said lord king or from anyone else in the aforesaid county other than is abovesaid. In testimony of which matter, to one part of this inquisition, remaining in the hands of the aforesaid escheator, both the aforesaid escheator and the aforesaid jurors have affixed their seals. But to the other part of this inquisition, remaining in the hands of the aforesaid William Cokler, the first of the aforesaid jurors, the aforesaid escheator has affixed his seal, the day, year and place, specified in the first part of this inquisition, etc.
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