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Margery de Orlirton (Orleton), widow of Henry de Orleton. de Orlirton (Orleton) Margery...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/6/282

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Reference
SC 8/6/282
Date
[1322]
Description
Petitioners
Margery de Orlirton (Orleton), widow of Henry de Orleton.
Name(s)
de Orlirton (Orleton), Margery
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Margery, widow of Henry de Orlirton states that her late husband sold a messuage of (sic) eighty acres of land in Ludlow to Roger le Woder of Hereford, who then sold that messuage and land to Phelippot le Cheny, who was taken in rebellion against the king. The messuage and lands are therefore in the king's hand. She requests recovery of her dower, as the lands were not forfeited by her husband.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.Certain people are to be appointed to enquire in due form into the contents of the petition, and when the inquisition has been returned, justice is to be done.
Places mentioned
Lodelawe (Ludlow), [Shropshire]
Hereford, [Herefordshire].
People mentioned
Henry de Orlirton (Orleton), late husband of the petitioner
Roger le Woder of Hereford
Phelippot le Cheny.
Note
The petition is dated to 1322 as it seems to be in the aftermath of the failed baronial rebellion, the petition referring to a consequent forfeiture.One of a collection of petitions published on pages 387ff of Rot. Parl., vol I., which all seem to date from around 1322. This dating is confirmed by PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp. 387-415, which dates these petitions to 15 or 16 Edward II (1321-1323).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1632
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.405a, no. 103 (full edition of original 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), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl. vol. I, pp.387-415, no.103 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060404/

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