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John Hotham, bishop of Ely. Hotham John King and council. bishop of Ely John, bishop...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/8/389

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Reference
SC 8/8/389
Date
[1324-1325]
Description
Petitioners
John Hotham, bishop of Ely.
Name(s)
Hotham, John
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
bishop of Ely
Nature of request
John, bishop of Ely states that William de Reed held certain lands and tenements in Pampisford of him, as of right of his church, and married Elizabeth, daughter and one of the heirs of Piers de la Stane, who held various tenements of the king in Cainhoe and Silton. Now both are dead, and their heir under age, and the lands in Pampisford have been seized into the king's hand together with the lands held of the king. He requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
He is to go to Chancery, and if the inquisition returned there is inadequate, he is to sue another inquisition.
Places mentioned
Pampesworth (Pampisford), Cambridgeshire
Kaino (Cainhoe), Bedfordshire
Selton (Silton), Dorset.
People mentioned
William de Reed
Elizabeth [de la Stane]
Piers de la Stane.
Note
Date given on the evidence of Rot. Parl. JRS Phillips (PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337) says that these petitions probably all do belong to 18 Edward II, although there is no indication that they were presented either at the non-parliamentary assembly of October 1324 or the parliament of June 1325.
Related material

For another petition concerning William's and Elizabeth's lands wrongly taken into the king's hand, see SC 8/8/391

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2927
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.428b, no.47 (full edition of a later copy of the 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. 416-429, no. 47 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060513/

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