KnownEstates. | Date | Acreage | Value | Rents | Fees | Reference |
Little (North) Benfleet | 1305 | 444 | 134s | 80s | I.P.M. C.133.117.1 | |
Paglesham | 310 | 314s | 66s | I.P.M. C.133.117.1 | ||
Codham (Wethersfield) | 433 | 247s | 63s | 1 | I.P.M. C.133.117.1 | |
Shalford | 242 | 96s | 1/4 | I.P.M. C.133.117.1 | ||
Duddenhoe (Elmdon) | 319 | 176s | 13s | I.P.M. C.133.117.1 | ||
Coggeshall | 298 | 192s | 40s | I.P.M. C.133.117.1 | ||
Probable Total | 2046 | 1159s | 192s | 1 1/4 | ||
Possible Estates. | ||||||
Inworth | 1271 | 30 | FF.i.280. 1673. | |||
Coggeshall | 1280 | 23s | FF.ii. 30. 159. | |||
1304 | 158 | FF.ii. 96.721 | ||||
Elmdon & Arkesden | 1286 | 317 | 138s | FF.ii.59.388 | ||
+ reversion of | 64 | 9s | FF.ii.59.388 | |||
Shalford | 1283 | 162 | 6s | FF.ii.40. 234a. | ||
1298 | 234 | 10s | FF.ii.88. 666. | |||
Halsted | 1269 | 47 | 9s | FF.i.270. 1611. | ||
Wethersfield | 1303 | 1 | F.A. ii, 144. | |||
1293 | 430 | 70s | FF.ii. 79. 576. | |||
Bocking. | 1293 | FF.ii. 79. 576. | ||||
Gosfield. | 1293 | FF.ii. 79. 576. | ||||
Panfield. | 1293 | FF.ii. 79. 576. | ||||
Saling. | 1293 | FF.ii. 79. 576. | ||||
Rayne | 1293 | FF.ii. 79. 576. | ||||
+ Reversion of | 1293 | 183 | 25s | FF.ii. 79. 576. | ||
Kelvedon | 1304 | 6s | FF.ii. 79. 576. | |||
Broxted. | 1304 | FF.ii. 79. 576. | ||||
Canewdon. | 1303 | 1 | F.A.ii, 133. | |||
Rawreth | 1303 | F.A.ii, 133. | ||||
Hockley | 1303 | F.A.ii, 133. | ||||
Benfleet. | 1303 | F.A.ii, 133. | ||||
Thorrington | 1294 | 429 | 22s | FF.ii. 81. 598. | ||
Alresford | FF.ii. 81. 598. | |||||
Frating | FF.ii. 81. 598. | |||||
Great Bently | FF.ii. 81. 598. | |||||
Other Possible Estates:- | ||||||
Suffolk:- | ||||||
Blakenham | 1302 | F.A. V, 24 | ||||
Stutton | ||||||
Sheering | 1295 | C.P.R. 1295. 152. | ||||
Possible Total
Probable Total |
2054
2046 |
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Overall Total | 4100 |
The coincidence of the probable and possible totals suggests that most of the possible estates were counted in the I.P.M. The probable total of 2046 acres is therefore almost certainly the correct and maximum figure. |
Acquisitions: | ||
1269 | 1 mess., 47 acres land and 9s.6d rent in Halstead for rent of 1 mark and cons. of 100s |
FF.i.270.1611 |
1271 | 1 mess., 30 acres land in Inworth for rent of 1d pa., and cons. of 10 marks. | FF.i.280.1673 |
1280 | 33s 9d rent in Coggeshall for rent of 1d pa.,and cons. of 23 marks. | FF.ii.30.159. |
1283 | 1 mess., 162 acres land, 1 water mill and 6s rent in Shalford, with advowson of church. cons. 1 sore sparrowhawk | FF.ii.40.234A |
1286 | 2 mess., 1 mill, 317 acres land, 18s rent in Elmden and Arkesden, with reversion of further mess., 63 acres land, 9s rent and 1 acre and 1 rood of wood for rent of 1d and cons. of 1 sore sparrowhawk. (Probably a settlement) | FF.ii.59.388 |
1293 | 1 mess., 430 acres, 61s rent and 2 parts of a mill in Wethersfield, Bocking, Gosfield, Panfield, Saling and Gt. and little Rayne, plus reversion of 183 acres land and 25s rent in these towns, for rent of 10 pa. | FF.ii.79.576 |
1298 | 1 mess., 1 mill, 234 acres land and 10s rent with advowson in Shalford. | FF.ii.88.666 |
1304 | 158 acres and 3 roods land and 6s 8d rent in Coggeshall, Kelvedon and Braxted, for 100 marks. | FF.ii.96.721 |
Exchanges: | ||
1261 | 9 acres in Feering exchanged in return for rent of 4s from 2 pond in Coggeshall. consideration of 1 mark paid to Ralph. | FF.I.250.1488 |
Settlements: | ||
1294 | 2 mess., 429 acres land, 22s rent in Thorrington, Alresford, Frating and Gt. Bentley, to Roger de Coggeshall for life to hold for nominal service. Reversion to Ralph. | FF.ii .8 1.598. |
1296 | 1 mess., 12 acres ub suburbs of Colchester, to Isobel, widow of Lawrence de Plumbergh, to hold for life. nominal service. | FF.ii.81.598 |
Antecedents: | ||
Coggeshalls holding in Rivenhall in 1227 and 1240,and in 1296 and 1302,
none of whom can be positively identified with Ralph.
Ralph's estates in Little Benfleet and Paglesham came to him by the enfecffment of Lawrence de Plumbergh to Ralph, his son John, and John's wife Sarah, daughter of Lawrence. |
Fees., p. 276,1411
CI.P.M., iii, 323, v,73
C.I.P.M.iv, 288 |