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Maud atte Falgate, widow of John atte Falgate. Falgate Maud King and council. Falgate...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/2/76

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Reference
SC 8/2/76
Date
[1315]
Description
Petitioners
Maud atte Falgate, widow of John atte Falgate.
Name(s)
Falgate, Maud
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Falgate requests a remedy so that she is not disinherited of her tenements in Burnham Norton and Burnham Westgate. She shows that Richard Neel and Richard son of John de Asheneye conspired between them to bring a writ of covenant in the name of Falgate and Simon son of Richard Neel against Richard Asheneye for tenements in the two Burnhams which she held. Endorsed on the writ were pledges for Falgate to sue, and a fine was engrossed made before the king's justices at Westminster in the 3rd week of Michaelmas, 5 Edw. II by which Asheney acknowledged the right of Simon and rendered the same tenements to Simon and Falgate to hold to them and Simon's heirs forever. However Falgate knew nothing of this, and instead some unknown woman took her place, in deceit of the court. They retained the writ until the year had passed so that Falgate had insufficient warning to put in her claim.
Nature of endorsement
She should sue in Chancery and have a writ to the justices in whose presence the fine was levied, and they are ordered to do justice on the contents of the petition, and the other parties to the fine are to be called before them.
Places mentioned
Burnham Norton, [Norfolk]
Burnham Westgate, [Norfolk].
People mentioned
Richard Neel
Richard [Asheney], son of John de Asheneye
Simon [Neel], son of Richard Neel.
Note
The petition is dated to 1315 on the basis of the title in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.294, noting these petitions to be for the parliament held at Westminster in the octave of Hillary, 8 Edw. II.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3354
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.307b (no. 78) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060189/

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