I just did it quickly, while you were replying. Main points in
bold.
No sign of Brimpton here, it's
Beenham (written
Beneham).
Some information for Beenham on this link below, which actually references this document (see footnote 4)
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol3/pp277-279=====
Indented Inquisition
taken at Reading in the aforesaid county of Berkshire on the eighth day of November in the thirty-third year of the reign of Lady Elizabeth [=
8 November 1590], by the grace of God Queen of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith etc., before Francis Winchecombe, Esquire, Escheator of the said Lady Queen for the aforesaid county, by virtue of a writ of
diem clausit extremum [literally, ‘he closed his last day’] of the said Lady Queen directed to the Escheator and annexed to this inquisition, to enquire
following the death of William Hildeslie, gentleman, deceased, on the oaths of [
names of the jurors]; they say upon their oath that the aforesaid William Hildeslie named in the said writ on the day of his death was seised in his demesne, as of fee, of and in
a capital dwelling, messuage or farm called Le Haule place in Beenham, with appurtenances, in the county aforesaid; and of and in
one hundred and sixty acres of land, twenty acres of meadow, forty acres of pastures and forty acres of woods, with appurtenances, in Beenham, Padworth and Woolhampton in the aforesaid county; the said messuage, formerly in the tenure or occupation of the said William Hildeslye or his assigns,
was acquired by John Hildeslye, father of the said William, from William Hildeslie, Esquire, deceased. And the aforesaid William Hildeslye, then being seised of all and singular the premises as stated above in such his estate, on the eighth day of October last past
[= 8 October 1590] died so seised; and that the aforesaid capital messuage and other premises with appurtenances in Beenham and Woolhampton aforesaid are held, and at the time of the death of the aforesaid William were held, from the most noble Henry, Lord Norris, and Lady Margery his wife, as of their manor of Beenham, in free socage, for the annual rent of fourteen shillings for all services; and that the aforesaid lands, meadows and pastures in Padworth aforesaid are held of lords of the manor of Padworth aforesaid, as of their manor of Padworth, in free socage, for the annual rent of twenty pence for all services; and that the aforesaid capital messuage and all other premises are worth six pounds per year, in all issues, over and above reprises; and that
William Hildeslye is the son and next heir of the aforesaid William Hildeslie named in the aforesaid writ, and he is
aged twenty-three years and over at the time of the taking of this inquisition; and that the aforesaid William Hildeslye the father had or held no more or other messuages, lands or tenements from the said Lady Queen, nor any other in the said county of Berkshire on the said day when he died, as far as they (
the jurors) have been notified. In witness whereof to these presents both the aforesaid Escheator and the aforesaid jurors have alternately fixed their seals, on the day and year and in the place stated above.
