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Edmund de Bereford de Bereford Edmund King and council Bereford states that his father...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/33/1605

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Reference
SC 8/33/1605
Date
[1335-1336]
Description
Petitioners
Edmund de Bereford
Name(s)
de Bereford, Edmund
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
Bereford states that his father gave the manor of Stapleford to Simon de Bereford and his heirs, and if he died without heirs from his body begotten, then the manor was to revert to William de Bereford, after whose death the manor was seized into the hand of the king. Edmund de Bereford sued by petition in parliament to the king to have the manor, and it was ordered that right should be done to him before the justices of King's Bench. The justices summoned before them various officials to see if there was anything that barred Edmund. An inquisition was held which confirmed the facts, but the justices would not render judgement. Bereford requests that it be ordained that right be done to him according to the verdict of the inquisition.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be ordered by a writ of Chancery to Geoffrey le Scrope that he bring the tenor of the record and process concerning this business before the council in Chancery, and when it is viewed and examined, if it is found that the inquisition is taken before the king by the agreement of the parties as the petition supposes, then let it be ordered by a writ to the justices assigned to hold the pleas of the king that they move to judgement and do full justice.
Places mentioned
Stapleford, Leicestershire
People mentioned
William de Bereford, father of the petitioner
Simon de Bereford
Geoffrey Scrope, justice in King's Bench
John de Nevill (Neville)
Note
The petition must date to late 1335 or early 1336 as a writ was issued to le Scrope and his fellow justices on 4 February 1336 (CCR 1333-7, p.544).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1095
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.544 (writ to le Scrope is accordance with the petition and endorsement)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061802/

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