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Thomas de Furnival; Joan de Furnival wife of Thomas de Furnival. de Furnival; de...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/7/335

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Reference
SC 8/7/335
Date
[1321-1322]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Furnival; Joan de Furnival wife of Thomas de Furnival.
Name(s)
de Furnival; de Furnival, Thomas; Joan
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Thomas de Furnival and Joan his wife, who is one of the heirs of Theobald de Verdun, state that they are not fully seised of their share of Theobald's inheritance in Ireland, but John de Bermyngham, earl of Louth has distrained them, and continues to do so, to do homage to him, claiming that they hold of him, whereas they cannot know their share for sure until all the heirs are of age, and each one has what belongs to him, and knows to whom he should attorn. They request that the king order the earl to cease from such distraints until the heirs are of age.
Nature of endorsement
They are to have a writ to the earl, that if the land is not divided, he is not to distrain.
Places mentioned
Ireland.
People mentioned
Theobald de Verdun
John de Bermyngham (Birmingham), Earl of Louth.
Note
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 3537
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • 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), pp.7-8 (brief calendar)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.415a, no. 163 (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. 163 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060458/

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