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John de Gysburn (Guisborough); Beatrice de Gysburn (Guisborough), wife of John de...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/50/2452

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Reference
SC 8/50/2452
Date
[1318]
Description
Petitioners
John de Gysburn (Guisborough); Beatrice de Gysburn (Guisborough), wife of John de Guisborough.
Name(s)
de Gysburn (Guisborough); de Gysburn (Guisborough), John; Beatrice
Addressees
King
Nature of request
The petitioners request that the king will order his will to his justices of the Bench concerning their suit for dower. They brought a writ of dower against Eleanor de Percy for a third part of land in Buckden of the free tenement of Knol, and Eleanor came and said that the land had been taken into the king's hand following her husband's death, and she had been assigned dower from it, and vouched to warranty her son whose keeping was in the king's hand by his minority, the lands being in part in her keeping, and the remainder was in the keeping of the archbishop. He came and said that he could not answer without the king whereby the proceedings are delayed until the king gives his will
Nature of endorsement
They should come into Chancery and should have a writ formed in their case to the justices to proceed to judgement according to law, notwithstanding etc.
Places mentioned
Buckden, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
People mentioned
Eleanor [de Percy], widow of Henry de Percy
Reyner de Knol, late husband of Beatrice de Guisborough
Henry [de Percy], son and heir of Henry de Percy
[Walter Reynolds], Archbishop of Canterbury
Note
Dated with reference to Cole, Docs. Illus. English History, p.42.
Related material

For the extract of the plea in the Bench formerly appended to this petition see SC 8/50/2453

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3918
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Documents Illustrative of English History in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, selected from the Records of the Department of the Queen's Remembrancer of the Exchequer, Ed. H. Cole, (Record Commission, 1844), p.42 (partial edition of petition from parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062665/

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