John de la Dale. Dale John King Dale requests that he be granted the manor of Kenton...

Petitioners

John de la Dale.

Name(s)

Dale, John

Addressees

King

Nature of request

Dale requests that he be granted the manor of Kenton in the same manner that his mother held it. The manor had been granted to Isabel de Cockfield until the heir of Edmund of Woodstock came of age. Isabel had brought a writ at the common law against Despenser for the manor of Layham which he had wrongfully detained from her, and which came into the king's hand on his forfeiture. Although an inquisition taken concerning the matter showed that she had a right the manor was granted to Edmund of Woodstock, and following his death Isabel was delayed by the minority of the heir. Having petitioned the king in parliament, he granted the manor of Kenton to her until the heir came of age. Dale has petitioned to parliament to have the manor, and it has been ordered that Kenton be delivered to him, but it has not been delivered.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

Layham, Suffolk

Kenton, Devon.

People mentioned

Isabel [de Cokfeld (Cockfield)], widow of Walter de Cockfield and mother of the petitioner

Hugh le Despenser, the younger

Edmund [of Woodstock], Earl of Kent

Countess of Kent

[Edmund, Earl of Kent].

For another petition by the same petitioner on a related matter see SC 8/41/2044

For the Chancery Warrant in which this petition was apparently enclosed see piece 9967A in C 81/235

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

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

For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter see SC 8/41/2046

• Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.278 (grant of the manor of Kenton to Cockfield) & p.492 (order to the escheators of several counties to deliver the manor of Kenton to Cockfield's executors)
• Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. V, Edw III, 1337-1347, (Public Record Office, 1915), pp.20, 26 (grants to William de Culpho, king's clerk of the manor of Kenton)