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Richard Chaumberleyn (Chamberlain), son of John Chamberlain; Margaret Chaumberleyn...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/16/791

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Reference
SC 8/16/791
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
Richard Chaumberleyn (Chamberlain), son of John Chamberlain; Margaret Chaumberleyn (Chamberlain), wife of Richard Chamberlain.
Name(s)
Chaumberleyn (Chamberlain); Chaumberleyn (Chamberlain), Richard; Margaret
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Richard, son of John Chaumberleyn, and Margaret his wife, states that a fine was levied in the king's court at Westminster, at the octave of Michaelmas, in the eighteenth year of his reign, between Master Robert de Baldok, complainant, and John Chaumberleyn, Richard's father, deforciant, concerning the manor of Stanbridge, with the result that John granted the manor to Robert for term of life, and that after his death it would remain to Richard, John's son and Margaret his wife, and to the heirs of their two bodies. The manor has now come into the king's hand, because it was found in Robert's hand. They request that they might have the manor, according to the form of the fine.
Nature of endorsement
He is to wait for the death of Master Robert de Baldok.
Places mentioned
Westminster
Stanbridge, [Bedfordshire].
People mentioned
John Chaumberleyn (Chamberlain), father of petitioner
Master Robert de Baldok (Baldock).
Note
CCR 1327-30 p.157 is dated at York, 15 August 1327. This petition must date from after the imprisonment of Baldock on 16 November 1326, but before then.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1439
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.157 (order to escheator to deliver manor to petitioners)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.407b (no. 165) (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060932/

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