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John de la Dale. Dale John King and council Dale requests a remedy as he is the heir...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/41/2044

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Reference
SC 8/41/2044
Date
[c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
John de la Dale.
Name(s)
Dale, John
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
Dale requests a remedy as he is the heir in reversion of Matthew de Leigham, but Joan de Leigham to whom the manor of Layham descended by gift of Matthew exchanged the manor with Hugh le Despenser, the father, for the manor of Lamarsh and Wakes. However when she came to enter those manors Despenser obstructed her, and afterwards did the same when she tried to enter Layham. Following her death the Despensers held the manor between them so that no one could know which of them was tenant and have their law or right against them.
Nature of endorsement
He should show what he has of the gift in reversion.
Places mentioned
Layham, [Suffolk]
Lamarsh, [Essex]
Wakes Colne, [Essex].
People mentioned
Matthew de Leigham (Layham)
Peter [de Leigham (Layham)], son of Matthew de Leigham
Joan [de Leigham, (Layham)], sister of Matthew de Leigham
Hugh le Despenser, [Earl of Winchester], the father
Hugh le Despenser, the son.
Note
The petition is likely to date to 1327 as this is clearly a petition made possible by the fall of the Despensers.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner on a related matter see SC 8/41/2045

For a duplicate of SC 8/41/2046 see SC 8/84/4155

For a petition by other claimants see SC 8/156/7789

For a related petition see SC 8/107/5333

For an earlier petition by William and Isabel de Cockfield on the same matter see SC 8/40/1967

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2487
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. IV, 1-14 Edw III, 1327-1341, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.2 (grant of the forfeited Despenser manor of Lamarsh to the earl of Kent))
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.418b (no.231) (full edition of original petition)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062250/

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