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Henry Wodhous (Woodhouse). Wodhous (Woodhouse) Henry Commons in parliament Woodhouse...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/28/1391

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Reference
SC 8/28/1391
Date
[1455]
Description
Petitioners
Henry Wodhous (Woodhouse).
Name(s)
Wodhous (Woodhouse), Henry
Addressees
Commons in parliament
Nature of request
Woodhouse states that Danyell and Dowevebiggyng were enfeoffed of his manors by his father's feoffees at Wodhous' request in expectation of the marriage of Danyell's sister Elizabeth. However Elizabeth was married to Torbok, He made further enfeoffments and recognizances to Danyell. He requests that all feoffments and recognizances made to them, and all things done by them be revoked and annulled.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] Soit baille as seigniers.[On dorse] The king, considering that Wodhous was blinded with the promise of marriage when he made the alienations, recognizances and other sureties, and would not have made them otherwise, wills that the petition is agreed, provided that neither Danyell or Dowevebiggyng nor any others of the cofeoffees be bound by this act to Wodhous for any issues or profits received from the property before the first day of parliament.
Places mentioned
Grimston, Norfolk
Roydon, Norfolk
Congham, Norfolk
Rysyng (Castle Rising), Norfolk
Well Hall, [Norfolk]
People mentioned
John Wodhous (Woodhouse), late father of the petitioner
John Clyfton (Clifton), knight
Oliver Groce, esquire
Thomas Danyell
John Dowevebiggyng
Elizabeth [Danyell], sister of Thomas Danyell, and wife of Thomas Torbok
Richard Torbok, husband of Elizabeth Danyell
John of Kent
John Portyngton, justice
Thomas Tuddenham, knight
John [Kempe], Archbishop of Canterbury.
Note
Dated to 1455 by the heading in Rot. Parl. vol. V, p.337 where this petition is noted as being of 33 Hen VI
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8733
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.340b-341b (no.21) (full transcription of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061576/

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