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Richard de Hoghton and Sibyl de Hoghton his wife de Hoghton; de Hoghton Richard;...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/52/2581

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Reference
SC 8/52/2581
Date
[1318]
Description
Petitioners
Richard de Hoghton and Sibyl de Hoghton his wife
Name(s)
de Hoghton; de Hoghton, Richard; Sibyl
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
Richard de Hoghton and Sibyl his wife state that the manor of Mollington in Cheshire ought to descend to Sibyl because of a gift made by Robert Banastre to William de Lee and Clemence his wife and the heirs of their bodies legally begotten, but was seized into the hand of the Earl of Chester because Henry, their son and Sibyl's brother, was beheaded, without process or judgment, in the company of Adam Banastre. Sibyl has sued for this manor, but has never been able to recover it. They request a remedy for Sibyl, and that she might have restitution of the issues of the manor for all the time when it was in their hand.
Nature of endorsement
The Earl of Chester is to be ordered by a writ of the great seal, containing the force and effect of this petition, that when everything touching the aforesaid business has been seen and examined, he is to proceed according to the process held before him, doing justice to the petitioner.
Places mentioned
Mollington, Cheshire
People mentioned
Robert Banastre
William de Lee
Clemence [de Lee], wife of William de Lee
Henry du Lee, son of William and Clemence
Adam Banastre
[Edward], Earl of Chester
Note
The Latin summary of the petition is enrolled on the roll of the October parliament of 12 Edward II (1318) (Docs. Illus. English History p.26).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3991
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.26 (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062796/

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