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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Joan de Bridsale (Birdsall), widow of Gilbert de Birdsall. de Bridsale (Birdsall)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/17/817
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This record is about the Joan de Bridsale (Birdsall), widow of Gilbert de Birdsall. de Bridsale (Birdsall)... dating from [? 1335] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/17/817
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan de Bridsale (Birdsall), widow of Gilbert de Birdsall.
- Name(s)
- de Bridsale (Birdsall), Joan
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Joan, widow of Gilbert de Bridsale, states that she holds a messuage and a bovate of land in Hexthorpe near Doncaster, from which Robert de Mauley the younger has expelled her, and by his fault her goods and chattels have been lost and destroyed, to a value of 100 s. Robert previously put her in possession, on the orders of Earl Warenne, only to expel her again. She requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- She is to sue in Chancery at common law.
- Places mentioned
- Hexthorpe, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Doncaster, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Gilbert de Bridsale (Birdsall), formerly chamberlain of Robert de Mauley
- Robert de Maule (Mauley) the elder
- Robert de Maule (Mauley) the younger
- [John de Warenne], Earl Warenne (Earl of Surrey).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- No reason is given for the dating on the guard: '?? 1335': although, as John Warenne, Earl of Surrey, died in 1347, and his line became extinct, it is unlikely to date to too long after that.There are various references to people who might be those referred to in the petition in the patent and close rolls:CPR 1327-1330 pp.128-129 (dated at York, 27 June 1327), mentions the Maule/Maulay/de Malo Lacu family in connection with the manor of Hexthorpe, and at this point it is held by a Robert de Malo Lacu.CPR 1327-1330 p.164 (Nottingham, 5 September 1327) is a licence for Peter de Malo Lacu, who holds the reversion of Hexthorpe after the death of Robert, to grant a life estate to another Robert, son of the first one. These might be the elder and younger Roberts mentioned in the petition.CPR 1330-4 p. 369 (York, 7 November 1332) is a licence for Peter to grant to Peter his son the reversion of Hexthorpe after the death of Robert.CPR 1348-1350 p.99 (Westminster, 23 May 1348) is a licence for Peter de Mauleye 'le quart' to enfeoff Robert de Mauleye of a number of manors including Hexthorpe.Finally CCR 1360-4 p.211 (Beaulieu, 30 September 1361), an order to the escheator to remove the king's hand from Hexthorpe and other manors if Margaret, widow of Peter de Malo Lacu the fifth, finds sufficient security, rehearses the whole history of the seisin, mentioning three Peters and two Roberts.So the date of 1335 does not look impossible, but it would still be nice to know what lies behind it.As for Gilbert de Bridsale, a person of that name is mentioned in CPR 1334-1338 p.99 (Clipstone, 1 May 1334) and p. 141 (Nottingham, 1 April 1335), but the dates make it unlikely that he is the late husband of the petitioner. A Gilbert de Briddeshale, deceased, is mentioned in CCR 1364-1368 p.402 (Westminster, 4 December 1367), but this is probably too late for our purposes.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 525
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.410a (no.178) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060959/
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