Thomas de Swinburn, son and heir of Margaret de Swinburn, wife of Robert de Swinburn....

Petitioners

Thomas de Swinburn, son and heir of Margaret de Swinburn, wife of Robert de Swinburn.

Name(s)

de Swinburn, Thomas

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Thomas, the son and heir of Margaret, wife of Robert de Swinburn, states that a note was levied in the court of King Edward, the present king's father, in the thirty-fifth year of his reign, between Robert and Margaret, plaintiffs, and Thomas de Holbeck and Avice his wife, deforciants, concerning certain tenements in Westmorland, and also concerning certain services of certain tenants, named in the note, who have not yet attorned; and Robert sued a writ of attornment by grand distress on the note until he died this year, and he also sued against the heirs of some of the tenants who had died. Now Robert, Margaret, Thomas and Avice are all dead, as are some of the tenants. Thomas de Swinburn requests a writ to have the heirs of Thomas de Holbek and Avice come to take up their part, and also to have the heirs of the tenants come to attorn.

Nature of endorsement

He is to sue before the justices where the note is.

Places mentioned

Westmorland.

People mentioned

Robert de Swinburn, father of the petitioner, Margaret [de Swinburn], mother of the petitioner

Thomas de Holbek (Holbeck)

Avice [de Holbek (Holbeck)], wife of Thomas de Holbeck.

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/157/7825