? No Petitioner named Copy of a writ of Edward I, king of England to Edmund Deyncourt...

Petitioners

? No Petitioner named

Nature of request

Copy of a writ of Edward I, king of England to Edmund Deyncourt and John de Insula to enquire into the matter of the inheritance of John le Furneye concerning messuages and lands in Crosby and Dearham which were held by his grandfather, and which were taken into the hand of William de Forz, count of Aumale on his death. The petitioner's father was unable to recover seisin. The king therefore orders that a day and place be provided for the inquisition to be taken. Once it has been taken it is to be returned to the king under their seals and those by which it was made without delay. The sheriff of Cumberland is ordered to have before the king at a time and place all knights and other upright and law-worthy men by whom the truth may be better known.

Nature of endorsement

A writ is to be sent to the sheriff of Cumberland to bring before the council on 28 February 1306, both knights and others etc. to inquire etc.

Places mentioned

Crosby, [Cumberland]

Dearham, [Cumberland].

People mentioned

Edward I, King of England

Edmund Deyncurt (Deyncourt)

John de Insula

John Furmery (Furneye) son of William le Furmery

John le Furmery (Furneye), father of William le Furmery

William le Furmery (Furney) son and heir of John le Furmery

William de Fortibus (Forz), count of Aumale

Isabel de Fortibus (Forz), countess of Aumale

Hugh de Cressingham justice in Eyre of the king.

For the petition with which this writ was formerly enclosed, see SC 8/2/58

For a related petition of 1302, see SC 8/48/2358

For a copy of SC 8/48/2358, see SC 8/258/12873

For a writ relating to SC 8/258/12873, see SC 8/258/12872

For a related petition from 1305, see SC 8/112/5563

• Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.6 (brief calendar of writ)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.209a-b (no.88) (judicial process following from petition)
• The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 1305, autumn parliament, appendix, petitions belonging to this parliament and not otherwise recorded, no. 3 (discussion of previous petition resulting in this commission) & Vetus Codex 1307, appendix, no. 111 (full edition and translation)