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Thomas Heyroun (Heron), citizen of London; Benedict de Suffolk, citizen of London....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/12/569

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Reference
SC 8/12/569
Date
[? 1335]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas Heyroun (Heron), citizen of London; Benedict de Suffolk, citizen of London.
Name(s)
Heyroun (Heron); de Suffolk, Thomas; Benedict
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioners show that Elizabeth de Exeter was dowered of certain tenements by the king's ministers in Ireland. The petitioners bought the estate with the consent of the king as it was held in chief of the king. It has since been seized into the king's hands for certain debts due to the king from Richard de Exeter from the time after the marriage of Richard and Elizabeth. The petitioners request a writ to the justiciar and his council in Ireland that they enquire of at what time the Exeters were married, and that they search their muniments and rolls in the Exchequer to find when the debt commenced. If they find that the debt commenced after the marriage they ought to have their lands discharged for their time with the issues taken in the meantime as the law demands.
Nature of endorsement
The treasurer and barons of the Exchequer of Dublin are ordered that they call before them those that were to call to do right.
Places mentioned
Ireland
Dublin, [Ireland].
People mentioned
Elizabeth [de Excestre (Exeter)] widow of Richard de Exeter
Richard de Excestre (Exeter), justiciar in Ireland of Edward II.
Note
The petition is dated to 1335 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.90, noting these to be petitions in parliament for 9 Edward III.
Related material

For a duplicate of this petition differently endorsed see SC 8/12/568

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4259
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.92b (no.12) (full edition of a duplicate copy of the original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060707/

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