Catalogue description Debtor: Nicholas Griffin {Gryffin}, of Braybrooke in Northants. [Rothwell Hundred],...

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Details of C 131/100/16
Reference: C 131/100/16
Description:

Debtor: Nicholas Griffin {Gryffin}, of Braybrooke in Northants. [Rothwell Hundred], knight [deceased].

Creditor: Henry Eden, of London, gentleman.

Amount: £400.

Before whom: William Brown, Mayor of the Staple of Westminster.

When taken: 26/02/1509

First term: 08/04/1509

Last term: 08/04/1509

Writ to: Sheriff of Leics

Sent by: Chancery.

Endorsement: Edward Ferrers, Sheriff, replies that the execution of the writ appears in the inquisition.
Note: Inquisition and return: Date to be returned: 30/04/1514. Attached is the inquisition made at Leicester on 18/03/1514 before Edward Ferrers, Sheriff. Nicholas Gryffin was seised in demesne of: the Manors of Gumley {Gomondley}, Foxton, Smeeton, and Langton [all in Gartree Hundred, Leics.], and 20 messuages, 14 tofts, 40 acres of land, 100 acres of meadow, 100 acres of pasture, and 60 acres of woodland there: all areenfeoffed to John Muscote, Ralph Lane, John Watts {Wattys}, Maurice Osborne {Osbern}, and William Lane, gentlemen, to the use of Nicholas and his heirs. The property is worth 40m. a year after expenses. The jury say that Nicholas Griffin died on 01/05/1509. At the time of the inquisition he had no other property or goods and chattels.
Date: 1514 Feb 13
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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