Peck of Wakefield England 1375 To1520

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UK. The National Archives Duchy of Lancaster Inquisition Post Mortem 1520 [Ref DL 7/2]. This lists five generations of the Wakefield Pecks back to Richard who married Margaret Haselden in circa 1370s. [Original in Latin]

Inquisition post mortem of Sir John Sayvile

Inquisition, indented, taken at Lancaster, Lancs, on the 21st day of March in the 12th year of the reign of King Henry VIII, before James Worseley, esquire, escheator of the said lord king in the aforesaid county, by virtue of a writ of the same lord king about inquiring better after the death of Sir John Sayvile, knight, directed to the same escheator and attached to this inquisition, by the oath of Thomas Langton, esquire, Nicholas Tempest, esquire, Thomas Singleton of Brockholls, esquire, sworn, etc. Who say upon their oath that a certain Thomas Sayvile, great-grandfather of the aforesaid John Sayvile, knight, named in the said writ, a long time before his death was seised in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Folrigge in the aforesaid county with all its members and appurtenances. And also of 20 messuages, 10 cottages, 400 acres of land, 600 acres of meadow, 2,000 acres of pasture, 3,000 acres of moor and £9 13s ½d of free rent with appurtenances in Folrigge, Rachedale, Milnehowse, Incchefeld, Gankholme and Todmerden in the same county. And being so seised, by his certain charter, dated at Folrigge, aforesaid, on Monday on the feast of St Hilary in the 8th year of the reign of King Henry V [1420] after the conquest, shown in evidence to the aforesaid jurors upon the taking of this inquisition, he thereupon enfeoffed John Leventhorpe, esquire, Henry Sayvile of Copley, esquire, John Kinge, vicar of the church of Hallifax, and Richard Peke. To have to them and their heirs forever, to the use of the aforesaid Thomas Sayvile and his heirs male to be lawfully begotten. By virtue of which same feoffment the same John Leventhorpe, Henry Saivile, John Kinge and Richard Peke were thereupon seised in their demesne as of fee to the aforesaid use. And afterwards the aforesaid John Leventhorpe, Henry Saivile and John Kinge died. And the aforesaid Richard Peke survived them and kept himself inside by jus accrescendi [right of survivorship], and was thereupon seised alone in his demesne as of fee to the aforesaid use. And afterwards the aforesaid Richard Peke died thereupon seised. After whose death the aforesaid manor, lands, tenements and other premises with all and singular their appurtenances descended to John Peke, now alive, as kinsman and heir of the aforesaid Richard Peke, viz son of Richard, son of Richard, son of John, son of the aforesaid Richard Peke. By virtue of which the aforesaid John Peke entered into the manor, lands, tenements and other premises with all and singular their appurtenances, and was and still is thereupon seised in his demesne as of fee to the aforesaid use. And the aforesaid jurors say that the aforesaid manor, lands and tenements and other premises with all and singular their appurtenances are held of the lord king as of his duchy of Lancaster by the eighth part of one knight's fee and the rent of £8 20d a year for all services. And they are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises £28 5s ½d. And in addition the aforesaid jurors say that the aforesaid John Sayvile, knight, named in the said writ, died on the 20th day of March in the 20th year of the reign of Henry VII, late king of England. And that Henry Saivile, esquire, is the son and next heir male of the aforesaid John Saivile, knight, his father, and kinsman and next heir male of the body of the aforesaid Thomas Saivile, viz son of John, son of John, son of John, son of the aforesaid Thomas, lawfully begotten of his body. And he was aged at the time of the taking of this inquisition 22 years and more. And the aforesaid jurors say further that a certain George Becansall, esquire, late escheator in the aforesaid county, by reason of his office from the time of the death of the aforesaid John Saivile, knight, until the fifth day of November in the second year of the said now lord king had and received all the issues and profits of the aforesaid manor and other premises, on which same 5th day of November in the second year of the said now lord king, the same lord king, out of his special grace and from his certain knowledge and pure motivation, by his letters patent, dated at Westminster on the same fifth day of November in the second year of his reign, gave and granted and by his same letters patent gave and granted to a certain Richard Hastinges, knight, the wardship and marriage of Henry Saivile, son and heir of the aforesaid John Saivile, knight, then deceased. And also the custody of all and singular lordships, manors, lands, tenements, rents, services, knights' fees and other hereditaments whatsoever, which were late of the aforesaid John Saivile or any of his ancestors during the minority of the aforesaid Henry Savile. The lord king also granted by the same letters patent to the same Richard all and all kinds of issues, rents, reversions and profits of all and singular lordships, manors and other premises without any account or doing or paying anything to the said lord king or his heirs, by reason of which the same Richard Hastinges and a certain George, earl of Shrewsbury had and received all the issues and profits of the lordships, manors and other premises. In testimony of which to this inquisition, indented, both the aforesaid escheator and the aforesaid jurors have affixed their seal, the day, year and place, aforesaid.