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Judicial writ of Edward II to the sheriff of Gloucestershire concerning the complaint...

Catalogue reference: WARD 2/28/94E/76

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This record is about the Judicial writ of Edward II to the sheriff of Gloucestershire concerning the complaint... dating from 1315 Feb 22 in the series Court of Wards and Liveries: Deeds and Evidences. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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WARD 2/28/94E/76
Date
1315 Feb 22
Description

Judicial writ of Edward II to the sheriff of Gloucestershire concerning the complaint by the abbess of Lacock that Henry of Lancaster and Matilda, his wife, and Richard the bailiff (le Baillif) of Kempsford (Kynemershford) unjustly disseised them of their free tenement in Kempsford after the last crossing of King Henry III, the king's grandfather, into Gascony, and ordering him to reseise the property upon security being given to prosecute and maintain it in that estate until informed otherwise by Henry Spigurnel, William Mortimer and Richard de Rodeneye, the king's justices.

Dated at Westminster.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
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Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4453712/

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