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John de Beauchaump (Beauchamp) de Beauchaump (Beauchamp) John King and council John...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/32/1573

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Reference
SC 8/32/1573
Date
[c. 1286-1291]
Description
Petitioners
John de Beauchaump (Beauchamp)
Name(s)
de Beauchaump (Beauchamp), John
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
John de Beauchaump states that he was seised of 60 s. of annual rent in the vill of Westend in the parish of Foxearth, and in Suffolk, of which his father was seised by the hand of Thomas de Wauncy, by right of inheritance, but that after the death of Thomas de Wauncy and his wife Margery, William de Munchensy occupied these lands by force, and John lost his rent. He sued a writ against William, but William was put in exigent, and his tenements seized into the king's hands. Therefore John has not received his rent for five years, and requests the king's grace.
Nature of endorsement
He is to sue a writ of the lord king in Chancery according to the form of his petition.
Places mentioned
Westone (Westend), Essex
Foxherd (Foxearth), Essex
Suffolk
Edwardstone, [Suffolk]
People mentioned
Thomas de Wauncy
Margery de Wauncy, wife of Thomas de Wauncy
Thomas de Beuchaump (Beauchamp)
William de Munchensy (de Monte Canisio) of Edwardstone
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1111
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1288-1296, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.108 (order to deliver these lands to Queen Eleanor)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. I, Edw I, 1272-1307, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.304 (grant during pleasure of the manor of Westend in Foxearth, in the king's hand because of the trespasses of William de Munchensy, to John de Liston and Helewyse his wife)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.247 (pardon to William de Munchensy of Edwardeston) & p.394 (grant of his lands to Queen Eleanor) & p.473 (grant of the custody of Westend in Foxearth to John de Liston and Helewyse his wife)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061770/

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