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| Type | Escheator inquisitions |
| Unique Identifying Text | TNA E 153/1649 m. 7 |
| Archive name | The National Archives (London) |
| County | Somerset |
| Text (English translation) | Inquisition held at North Petherton, 18 September 1381, before William Style, escheator in the county of Somerset, into the goods and chattels of Thomas Engilby of Bridgwater who had on the 16 July 1381, the day he was charged with treason and insurrection by Peter de Courtenay and his fellow justices to chastise and punish all insurrections and assemblies. The jury presents that he had wheat, hay and pigs ('blada, femi et porcos') worth 50s and a carucate [ploughland, between 80 and 120 acre] in North Petherton valued at 40s annually which Thomas had granted to his son John to hold for life, but which Thomas, notwithstanding his grant, has always occupied. |
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