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John le Furmery, son of William le Furmery. Furmery John King and council The petitioner...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/48/2358

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Reference
SC 8/48/2358
Date
[1302]
Description
Petitioners
John le Furmery, son of William le Furmery.
Name(s)
Furmery, John
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
The petitioner states that his grandfather died seised of twenty messuages, four cottages, forty bovates and ten acres of land at High Crosby in Dearham. After the death of William de Fortz (of whom the land was held in chief) the petitioner's father was in Ireland and he returned two years later to claim his inheritance, but the properties had been allocated in dower to Isabella and he was disinherited. The petitioner brought a writ of ael against Isabella, which was heard by Cressingham and his fellow justices in Cumberland, who replied that Isabella had been allocated her dower by the king. The petitioner seeks a remedy from the king.
Nature of endorsement
The king orders an enquiry into the case; the results to be fully certified and returned for judgement in the next parliament.
Places mentioned
Haute Crosseby (High Crosby), Cumberland
Dearham, Cumberland
Ireland
People mentioned
William de Fortz, Earl of Aumale
Isabella [de Fortz], Countess of Aumale
William [le Furmery], father of the petitioner
John [le Furmery], grandfather of the petitioner
Hugh de Cressingham, knight
Note
Dateable to 1302 on the basis of the writ attached to a copy of this petition (SC8/258/12872-12873).
Related material

For a copy of this petition see SC 8/258/12873

For a writ relating to SC 8/258/12873, see SC 8/258/12872

For a related petition see SC 8/2/58

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3355
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.16 (brief calendar)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062569/

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