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Lucy de Everyngham (Everingham), widow of Robert de Everyngham de Everyngham (Everingham)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/46/2257

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Reference
SC 8/46/2257
Date
[c. 1317]
Description
Petitioners
Lucy de Everyngham (Everingham), widow of Robert de Everyngham
Name(s)
de Everyngham (Everingham), Lucy
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
Lucy, widow of Robert de Everyngham, states that after the death of Robert de Clifford, the manor of Hart, in the franchise of the Bishop of Durham, which is held of her by knight service, was taken into the king's hand because of the minority of the heir, and later delivered to Richard de Kellou, then Bishop of Durham, because of the franchise. Lucy sued a writ of chancery to have the wardship of the manor from him, but before he could deliver it, it was taken back into the king's hand. Lucy therefore asks that seisin of the wardship be delivered to her.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege et magno consilio.Let the process which took place on this after the death of Robin de Everyngham be examined in Chancery, and let the lord king be informed of this etc.
Places mentioned
Hart, County Durham
People mentioned
Robert de Everyngham (Everingham), husband of petitioner
Robert de Clifford
Richard de Kellou (Kellaw), Bishop of Durham
Note
Datable by reference to CIPM vol. V no. 593, which places the death of the petitioner's husband in 1317.
Related material

A petition from Louis de Beaumont concerning Hart is SC 8/7/345

A petition from Richard de Kellaw concerning Hart is SC 8/3/120A

A writ related to SC 8/3/120A is SC 8/3/120B

A commission related to the above documents is SC 8/3/120E

An explanation of why the manor of Hart was taken into the king's hand is SC 8/3/120C

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2961
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.289 (order to deliver to the petitioner some other possessions of which she was jointly seised with her husband)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. V, 1-9 Edw II, (Public Record Office, 1908), no. 593 (inquisition post mortem of petitioner's husband)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062467/

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