18 Aug 1359, Westminster
To Simon atte Pytte, escheator in Devon. Order to take the fealty of James de Audele of Helegh, in accordance with the form of a schedule enclosed, and to deliver to him and Isabel his wife the manor of Dertyngton and the advowson of the church there, and to him the manor of Langatre, and not to intermeddle further with the other lands taken into the king's hand by the death of Margaret late the wife of William Martyn le fitz, delivering up the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that Margaret at her death held no lands in that bailiwick in chief in her demesne as of fee or in service, but that she held the manors of Dertyngton and Langatre and the said advowson for her life, with remainder of the manor of Dertyngton and the advowson to James and Isabel for their lives, and of the manor of Langatre to James for his life, and that Margaret also held for life the manors of Uppexe, Ilfardycombe and Kyngeston and a messuage and one ferlyng of land in Shillyngeford of the inheritance of the said James, and that the manors of Dertyngton and Langatre and the said advowson are held in chief by knight service, and the other manors, messuage and land are held of others than the king.
Calendar of the Close Rolls, 33 Edw. III, m. 16
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15 May 1374, Westminster
Whereas James de Audeley of Heleye lately enfeoffed Roger Magot, John Orchard and Philip Warrewyk, chaplains, of the castle and lordship of Neuport in Kemoys, held in chief, and the feoffees afterwards granted the same to him and Isabel, his wife, now deceased, and their heirs, and the feoffees as well as James and Isabel entered therein without licence; the king, considering that James originally paid him 24 marks for a licence, which was afterwards surrendered in the Chancery by negligence, and for 40s. paid by him, has pardoned the said trespasses and granted that he may retain the premises in fee.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edw. III, vol. 15, p. 450
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6 May 1380, Westminster
To the justices of the Bench. Order to proceed in a cause between the abbot of Bukfast and James de Audele knight concerning six weirs in Dertynton, Staverton and Hemmeston Arondel, notwithstanding defendant's allegation that, if he shall die without issue male by Isabel late his wife, the manor of Dertynton, whereof those weirs are parcel, ought to remain to the king, provided they proceed not to rendering of judgment without advising the king ; as the abbot has shewn that he is impleading the said James for unlawfully and without a judgment levying those weirs to the nuisance of the abbot's freehold in Bukfast and Aysshperton, and defendant in his plea has alleged that by fine levied in the late king's court with his licence he holds the said manor in chief to him and the heirs male of his body by the said Isabel, with remainder as aforesaid, and without the king may not answer, by virtue whereof the justices have deferred to proceed.
Calendar of the Close Rolls, 3 Ric. II, m. 8
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