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? No Petitioner named A copy of the letters patent (SC 8/18/868F), together with...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/18/868G

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Reference
SC 8/18/868G
Date
1327
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
A copy of the letters patent (SC 8/18/868F), together with the findings of the jury: that Gervase and his wife were in the king's faith on the relevant days; that Abbot Thomas was seised of the tenements for nine weeks and more; that he was disseised on the command of Hugh le Despenser; that neither abbot Thomas nor the present abbot changed his estate in any way; that the tenements are held of the king in chief as of the honour of Albermarle, but that they do not know by what services; and that they are in the king's hand because of the death of Hugh le Despenser.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Carleton (Carlton le Moorland), [Lincolnshire]
Bassingham, [Lincolnshire]
Broughton (Brant Broughton), [Lincolnshire]
Wellingore, [Lincolnshire]
Leadenham, [Lincolnshire]
Waddington, [Lincolnshire]
Fulbeck, [Lincolnshire]
Coleby, [Lincolnshire]
Honour of Albemarle.
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
Simon de Grimmesby (Grimsby), keeper of the lands mentioned in the document
Robert Attekirke of Brant Broughton, juror
William Hamelyn of Wellingore, juror
Geoffrey Breton of Leadenham, juror
Walter de Stokes of Waddington, juror
Richard de Thorp (Thorp) of Fulbeck, juror
Henry de Hycham, juror
Roger de Fosse of Fulbeck, juror
Peter de Hicham, juror
Robert [de Fulbeck], son of Roger de Fulbeck, juror
Martin Seyntly of Coleby, juror
John Broune (Brown) of Coleby, juror
Jordan de Brandon, juror
Note
Dated on the Thursday before the feast of St Peter in Cathedra (22 February), 1 Edward III (1327). The letters are presumably contemporary with the petition with which they are enclosed (SC 8/18/868E).
Related material

For a writ resulting from that petition see SC 8/18/868J

For the letters patent which resulted in this inquisition see SC 8/18/868F

For instructions to the escheator resulting from that petition see SC 8/18/869B

For a related writ from Edward II to the sheriff of Lincolnshire see SC 8/18/868C

For the petition which originated the process 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 which resulted from this 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

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7960
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061017/

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