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? No Petitioner named Letters patent from Edward III to Henry de Fenton, John Daubeneye...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/18/868F
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letters patent from Edward III to Henry de Fenton, John Daubeneye... dating from 1327 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 8/18/868F
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1327
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letters patent from Edward III to Henry de Fenton, John Daubeneye and John de Crosholm, asking them or two of them, of whom Henry is to be one, to inquire on the oath of upright and law-worthy men of Lincolnshire concerning certain tenements in Carlton near Bassingham, now in the king's hand through the death of Hugh le Despenser the younger, recovered by Thomas, formerly Abbot of Thornton against Gervase Avenel and Joan his wife on the morrow of the Purification in the tenth year of Edward II's reign, so that he can do justice to the abbot: whether Gervase and Joan were in the late king's faith at the time the writ was acquired and judgment given on it; whether the abbot was seised of the lands or not; if the escheator disseised him of the tenements at the command of Hugh le Despenser or in some other way; if Abbot Thomas or the present abbot changed his estate in them in any way; from whom and how these tenements are held; if the tenements are in the king's hand for that reason or some other; and into other articles concerning the matter.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Carleton (Carlton le Moorland), [Lincolnshire]
- Bassingham, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward [III], King of England
- Henry de Fenton
- John Daubenye (Daubeny)
- John de Crosholm (Cross Holme) the younger
- Abbot of Thornton
- Thomas, formerly Abbot of Thornton
- Edward [II], King of England
- William de Bereford, justice
- Gervase Avenel
- Joan [Avenel], wife of Gervase Avenel
- John Walewayn, formerly escheator south of the Trent
- Hugh le Despenser the younger
- William Trussebut.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Letters patent dated at Westminster, 30 January 1 Edward III (1327). The letters are presumably contemporary with the petition with which they are enclosed (SC 8/18/868E).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a writ resulting from that petition see SC 8/18/868J
For instructions to the escheator resulting from that petition see SC 8/18/869B
For the inquisition held as a result of it see SC 8/18/868G
For a related writ from Edward II to the sheriff of Lincolnshire see SC 8/18/868C
For the petition which resulted in this letter see SC 8/18/868E
For a related letter from Edward II to Henry le Scrope see SC 8/18/868A
For a transcript of related legal proceedings see SC 8/18/868D
For a letter resulting from that inquisition see SC 8/18/868H
For a related letter from Edward II to William de Bereford see SC 8/18/868B
For a related petition, see SC 8/175/8743
For a later related petition see SC 8/18/869A
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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 7959
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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)
- Latin
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061016/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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