In 1322 William de St. John received licence to alienate in mortmain his manor of Easton Neston to the prioress and nuns of Sewardsley, in return for lands in Canons Ashby. (fn. 19) The exchange was confirmed in 1328, (fn. 20) although in fact William merely leased the manor to Sewardsley for a term of 40 years from 1325. (fn. 21) In 1334 the earl of Cornwall granted the manor to William de Combemartin during the minority of Giles de St. John, (fn. 22) presumably William's son and heir. Three years later Combemartin made a fresh lease of the manor to Sewardsley, a third being reserved as the dower of Isabel de St. John, William's widow. (fn. 23) Within a few years the priory granted the manor to John Molines, who subsequently withheld Isabel's dower. (fn. 24) Following Molines's fall in 1340, (fn. 25) his lands were taken into Crown hands. (fn. 26) Easton Neston was restored to the priory and Isabel to her dower. (fn. 27) Molines recovered his lands, including Easton Neston and the Chocques fee, in 1345. (fn. 28) In 1351 Giles de St. John petitioned the Black Prince, as earl of Cornwall, to be allowed to take up his inheritance and did homage for Easton Neston the following year. (fn. 29)

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