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Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford de Bohun,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/51/2549

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Reference
SC 8/51/2549
Date
[1278-1281]
Description
Petitioners
Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford
Name(s)
de Bohun, Earl of Hereford; de Vere, Earl of Oxford, Humphrey; Robert
Addressees
King
Nature of request
The Earl of Hereford and Earl of Oxford state that after the death of Joan de Sanford, who held Lashbrook of the Earl of Oxford and Shelley of the Earl of Hereford, they seized these tenements into their hands, but because one John de Munteny claimed to be her heir and to hold of the king in chief, an inquest was held in three counties. In Oxfordshire and Essex it was found that she held nothing in chief, but the inquest in Suffolk, held partly with the villeins of John's kinsman Robert de Munteny, found that she did, so that the Earls were expelled from their manors. The Earl of Oxford complained and a new inquest was ordered in Suffolk, to be taken by Richard de Holebrok, but this was halted by a writ acquired by John de Munteny to associate William de Burle. The Earls dispute that Joan held any tenements in chief of the king in Suffolk or elsewhere, and ask for justice to be done to them.
Nature of endorsement
They have been expedited.
Places mentioned
Lechebrok (Lashbrook), Oxfordshire
Schelvele (Shelley), Essex
Suffolk
People mentioned
Joan de Sanford
John de Munteny
Robert de Munteny
Richard de Holebrok
William de Burle
Note
The writ for CIPM, vol.II, no.248, and CFR 1272-1307 p.95 are both dated 29 March 1278, and CFR 1272-1307 p.149 is dated 2 June 1281 (superseding a previous order of 30 May). This petition was presumably delivered between these dates.The agreement enrolled in CCR 1279-88 p.53 was made on 30 May, 8 Edward I (1280).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4008
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1279-1288, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.53 (enrolment of agreement made between Queen Eleanor and William de Clovill that he will enfeoff her with as many of certain lands, formerly belonging to Joan de Sanford, including the ones mentioned in the petition, as he can prove his right to)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. I, Edw I, 1272-1307, (Public Record Office, 1911), pp.95 (order to the King's Steward to take Joan de Sanford's lands into the king's hand) & 149 (order to the king's Steward to deliver Joan de Sanford's lands to William de Knovill and Aveline, wife of Roger de Leghes, her heirs)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. II, 1-19 Edw I, (Public Record Office, 1906), no.248 (inquisition post mortem for Joan de Sanford)
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