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Alexander de Babeham. de Babeham Alexander King and council. Babeham shows that the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/14/683

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Reference
SC 8/14/683
Date
[1330-1331]
Description
Petitioners
Alexander de Babeham.
Name(s)
de Babeham, Alexander
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Babeham shows that the manor of Bisham came into the hand of Edward II by the forfeiture of the earl of Lancaster. Babeham was granted lands in the manor after they were left fallow and the rents and services were in arrears by Robert de Hungerford the keeper of them. However one John Harding by his allegation to the king and Mortimer that the lands had come into the king's hand by the younger Despenser's forfeiture, entered the lands by the king's letters. Babeham requests that he is able to have the tenement for the services for which they were delivered to him in the time of Edward II.
Nature of endorsement
Let certain men be assigned to enquire in the presence of the sheriff how long Babeham held the land, how much of the arrears he paid, and what damages he suffered when he was ousted, and when the inquisition has been returned into Chancery, let the king be advised.
Places mentioned
Brystlesham (Bisham), [Berkshire].
People mentioned
Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
Walter le Bakere (Baker)
Robert de Hungerford
John de Harding
Hugh le Despenser, the younger.
Note
The petition must date to 1330-31 as the inquisition resulting from the petition was commissioned on 3 February 1331, and was held on 5 March (CIM 1307-49, no.1215).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1248
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1215 (inquisition as a result of this petition, and counter petition by John le Wayt)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.468 (grant for life to Harding of the land)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.382b (no.26) (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060824/

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