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Thomas de Bernardeston (Barnardiston). de Bernardeston (Barnardiston) Thomas King....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/11/547

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Reference
SC 8/11/547
Date
[1334]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Bernardeston (Barnardiston).
Name(s)
de Bernardeston (Barnardiston), Thomas
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Bernardeston states that he was seised of the manor of Wheatley near Doncaster by purchase, and that he understands that the king has granted the same manor to Talbot for the term of his life and without cause. He requests the king order deliverance of the manor since it is not held of the king and nothing is charged to the king.
Nature of endorsement
If he has been ousted from the manor he is to sue by a more specific petition.
Places mentioned
Whetelaghe (Wheatley), [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Doncaster, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Gilbert Talbot.
Note
The petition is dated to 1334 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.73, making this part of the section 'petitions in parliament in 8 Edward III', though this is a Hale transcript.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 694
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. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.81b (no.36) (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. II, pp. 73-89, no. 36 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060682/

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