Eleanor Fitz John, widow of Herbert Fitz John. Fitz John Eleanor King and council....

Petitioners

Eleanor Fitz John, widow of Herbert Fitz John.

Name(s)

Fitz John, Eleanor

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Eleanor, widow of Herbert Fitz John, states that a suit between her and Robert de Sapy, concerning a third of the manor of Leckhampstead, has been halted by Robert's claim that he was granted the manor for term of life by Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall, and that since Piers' forfeiture, the reversion belongs to the king, so that he cannot answer without consulting the king. She requests a remedy.

Nature of endorsement

She is to have a writ to the justices etc. that they are to proceed to a final determination of the business, notwithstanding etc., provided that they do not proceed to render judgment without consulting the king.

Places mentioned

Leckhampstead, Berkshire.

People mentioned

Herbert Fitz John, husband of petitioner

Robert Sapy

John Fitz Reginald, father of Herbert Fitz John

Piers de Gaveleston (Gaveston), Earl of Cornwall.

For another petition by the same petitioner concerning her dower, see SC 8/168/8386

For another petition from the same petitioner about her dower, see SC 8/257/12805

For another petition by the same petitioner about her dower, see SC 8/111/5535

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/54/2680

For another petition from the petitioner about her dower, see SC 8/17/812

For a related petition, see SC 8/259/12925

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.331 (order to the justices to proceed in the case, but not to render judgment without consulting the king)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.409a (no.174) (full edition of original petition)