Hi James and Will,
Richard de Aske must have had two wives then, because in 1348/9 his
wife was called Joan:
Westminster. Quindene of Michaelmas, 22 Edw. III, 1348. Quindene of
Easter, 23 Edw. III, 1349. William de Percy, chivaler, Thomas Playce,
chivaler, and William de Neusom, chaplain, quer., Richard de Ask and
Joan his wife, def., of the manor of Wele near Beverley, and of 9
messuages, 13 bovates and 46 acres of land, 18 acres of meadow, 80s.
rent, and the fourth part of one knight's fee in Houden, Grenayk,
Estryngton, Gilberdyke, Hythe, Southclyf, Bishopburton, Cotyngham,
Barrneby near Houeden, and Lynton near Balkholm : To hold to Richard
and Joan and the heirs of their bodies, as to the tenements, rent, and
fourth part, together with the homage and service of William de
Bolworth of Southclyf, Nicholas de Portyngton, chivaler, Thomas
Taillour of Barneby, John Oty of Grenayk, John son of Adam Oty of
Grenayk, John son of Adam del Park, Adam de Metham, Thomas son of
Rumphary [sic], Walter Graunger of Gilberdyke, John Godefray of
Wyghton and Joan his wife, Adam Aubenay, Agnes son of Richard Whippat
and Alice his sister, Adam Carpenter, Thomas Kede, Alan de Waghen,
Henry son of Adam de Blaktoft, Margaret de Holme, John le Fevre,
Robert le Milner, and Thomas de Wele, and their heirs; and as to the
manor (which William Bard and Margaret his wife hold as Margaret's
dower) after the death of Margaret; remainder, as to 4 messuages, 44
acres of land, 5 acres of meadow, and 49s. rent in Houeden, Barneby
near Houeden, Lynton near Balkholm, Grenayk, Estryngton, and
Gilberdyke, to the right heirs of Richard; and as to the manor and 5
messuages, 13 bovates and 2 acres of land, 13 acres of meadow, 31s.
rent, and the fourth part in Hithe, Southclyf, Bisshopburton, and
Cotyngham, to the right heirs of Joan. Katherine widow of Robert de
Lathum and Joan her sister put in a claim.
Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Record Series, Vol. 52, Feet of
Fines for Yorkshire, 1347-77 (1915) p. 19, No. 2
Regards,
John