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Christiana de Monpinzon, widow of Giles de Monpizon. de Monpinzon Christiana King...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/62/3088

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Reference
SC 8/62/3088
Date
[1322]
Description
Petitioners
Christiana de Monpinzon, widow of Giles de Monpizon.
Name(s)
de Monpinzon, Christiana
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Monpinzon requests remedy for the trespass by which she has been ousted from her dower lands. She was granted a third of the manor of Great Ryburgh in dower by writ of the king for her life. She leased it to Walkefare for a term. The manor has been seized into the king's hand by the sheriff and her rent is in arrears and she is unable to obtain it.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.
Places mentioned
Great Ryburgh, [Norfolk].
People mentioned
Giles de Monpinzon, late husband of the petitioner
Robert de Walkefare
John Haward, Sheriff of Norfolk.
Note
The petition dates to 1322 as the keeper of the lands of rebels in Norfolk was ordered to pay the arrears to the petitioner on 27 June 1322 (CCR 1318-23, p.469).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5803
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.469 (order to the keeper of rebel lands in Norfolk to pay the arrears of rent)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106851/

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