28 Jun 1407, Westminster
Licence, for 20 marks paid in the hanaper by William son and heir of Laurence Trussell, for him to grant the manor of Sottesbroke, co. Berks, and the advowsons of two chantries there, held of the king in socage, to Fulk Penbrugge,'chivaler,' for life; to confirm the estate which the latter has in the manor of Eton Hastynges, in the counties of Berks and Oxford, and the advowson of the church of the manor, held in chief, which he holds to himself and the heirs of his body and the body of Margaret formerly his wife by a fine levied at Westminster in the year 45 Edward III between William Trussell of Cublesdon, 'chivaler,' and the said Fulk and Margaret; and to grant that on the death of Fulk the said manors and advowsons, which should revert to himself as kinsman and heir of the said William because the said Margaret died without heir of her body and the body of Fulk, shall remain to Isabel the wife of the said Fulk, Thomas Chelrey and William Mosse, parson of the church of Langeport, so that after 20 years from the death of Fulk he can enter into the same and hold them to himself and his heirs.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen. IV, vol. 3, p. 336
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25 Nov 1410, Leicester
Licence, for 40l. paid in the hanaper, for Isabel late the wife of Fulk de Penbrugge, 'chivaler,' Walter Swan, clerk,and William Mosse, clerk, to acquire from the abbot and convent of Shrewsbury the advowson of the church of St. Bartholomew the Apostle, Tonge, co. Salop, in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, held in chief, reserving to the abbot and convent a yearly pension of 6s. 8d. from the fruits of the church, and to change the church into a college of five chaplains, more or less, of whom one to be appointed by them shall be warden, to celebrate divine service daily in the college for the good estate of the king and Thomas Beaufort his brother and the said Isabel and for their souls after death and the souls of the king's progenitors, the said Fulk and Margaret sometime his wife, Thomas Peytevyne, 'chivaler,' John Ludlowe, 'chivaler,' and the parents and ancestors of the said Isabel; and for the said Isabel, Walter and William to grant in frank almoin a messuage in the said town of Tonge and the said advowson...
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen. IV, vol. 4, p. 280
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19 Jun 1415, Westminster
Grant in mortmain, at the supplication of Isabel late the wife of Fulk Penbrigge, 'chivaler,' to the warden and chaplains of the college of St.Bartholomew, Tongge, co. Salop...lately founded by her and Walter Swan and William Mosse, clerks, to celebrate divine service for the good estate of the king and his uncles Henry, bishop of Winchester, and Thomas, earl of Dorset, and herself and Master John Prophete, dean of York, for their souls after death and the souls of Henry IV... of the town, manor or grange of Lappeley commonly called the priory of Lappeley...
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen. V, vol. 1, pp. 334-335
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28 Feb 1447, Bury St. Edmunds
Licence for the king's esquire, William Ludlowe, son and heir of John Ludlowe, knight, to enter the towns, lordships, manors, lands, fee farms, rents, reversions, knights' fees, common pastures, patronages, advowsons and other possessions, whereof Isabel late John's wife was seised in her demesne as of fee or fee tail and which she held in dower for life, which should descend to him by her death, with the issues thereof from her death, without livery thereof out of the king's hands.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen. VI, vol. 5, p. 51
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Inquisition Post Mortem.
File 125. 1447. Isabel, who was wife of Fulk Pembrugge, knight.
Taken at Leicester on Monday before the Ascension of the Lord, 25 Henry VI.
The jurors say that Isabel held nothing of the king in chief in the county of Leicester on the day she died, but they say that William Morse, parson of the church of Langeport, and Walter Swan, parson of the church of Pembrugge, were seised of the manor of Ayleston with the advowson of the church there, and, so seised, by a certain writing granted the said manor and advowson to the said Fulk and Isabel, then his wife, and their issue. Fulk died without issue, and Isabel surrendered the estate to Richard Vernon, knight, still living, kinsman and heir of the said Fulk, namely, son of Richard, son of Juliana, sister of Fulk, who granted the same to the said Isabel for term of her life.
The manor of Aylestone was held of Robert Harcourt, knight, as of his manor of Bosworth, service unknown and worth £40.
Isabel died on Tuesday before December 8, 25 Henry VI, 1446.
Richard Vernon, knight, is kinsman and heir of Fulk and aged 50 years and more.
Isabel also held in co. Stafford the manor of Acton Trussell for herself and her issue by the said Fulk, the reversion of which manor, in default of such issue, to William, son of Laurence Trussell, which William is aged 60 years and more.
Isabel also held the manor of Tonge, co. Salop, the reversion to Richard Pembrugge, son of Richard Vernon, nephew of the said Fulk, and Benedicta, his wife, and their issue, in default to William Ludlowe and Isabel, his wife, and their issue, in default to Joan, sister of the said Richard, son of Richard Vernon, wife of Baldwin Mountfort, knight, her heirs and assigns for ever. 3
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