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Peter de Corhull, son of Peter de Corhull. de Corhull Peter King and council. Corhull...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/13/621

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Reference
SC 8/13/621
Date
[1348]
Description
Petitioners
Peter de Corhull, son of Peter de Corhull.
Name(s)
de Corhull, Peter
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Corhull shows that Reginald his grandfather lately held lands in Kent by which he was made sheriff of the county. On his death Reginald his son was made sheriff, and when rendering account for himself and his father was found to have great arrears so that his land was taken into the king's hand and let to diverse men. The terms are now past and the money paid so that Corhull requests a remedy that he is able to re-enter and enjoy his lands so that he is not disinherited.
Nature of endorsement
The treasurer and barons of the Exchequer are ordered that when they have searched the rolls and remembrances of the Exchequer, and that they have ascertained that the lands are in the king's hand by the reason alleged in the petition and the debts are paid, that the land be delivered to Corhull so that justice is done as reason demands.
Places mentioned
Kent.
People mentioned
Reginald de Corhull, knight, grandfather of the petitioner
Reginald [de Corhull] son of Reginald de Corhull, father of the petitioner.
Note
This is dated to 1348 by the details given in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.175; see also PROME, parliament of January-February 1348, appendix, no. 41.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1313
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.184a (no.38) (full edition of a later copy 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), parliament of January-February 1348, appendix, no. 41 (summary of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060760/

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