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Euphemia de Catby (Catesby), widow of William de Catesby. de Catby (Catesby) Euphemia...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/38/1873

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Reference
SC 8/38/1873
Date
[1322]
Description
Petitioners
Euphemia de Catby (Catesby), widow of William de Catesby.
Name(s)
de Catby (Catesby), Euphemia
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Cateby states that she was jointly enfeoffed of the manor of Catesby by fine. Her husband was taken and beheaded at Warsop by its people without judgement. She remained seised until ousted by Colbusdik. She requests grace and deliverance of the manor, and restoration of all her goods.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege et magno consilio.
Places mentioned
Catesby, [Lincolnshire]
Warsop, [Nottinghamshire].
People mentioned
William de Cateby (Catesby), late husband of the petitioner
Alan de Colbusdik (Cobbledike).
Note
The petition can be dated to 1322 by the writ issued to Colbesdik in response to the petition ordering him as keeper of the lands of rebels in Lincolnshire not to intermeddle further with the Catesby lands (CCR 1318-23, p.570).
Related material

For a copy of the fine enfeoffing the manor see SC 8/38/1874

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1511
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.570 (writ to Colbusdik not to intermeddle further with the Catesby lands)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062076/

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