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Petitioners

Henry Burghersh, Bishop of Lincoln.

Name(s)

Burghersh, Henry

Addressees

King and council

Occupation

Bishop of Lincoln

Nature of request

Burghersh requests a writ to the justices assigned to hold an assize of novel disseisin brought by Latherley against Margaret Burghersh for the manor of Lashley that they be advised that nothing is to be done to the prejudice of the king or to the disinheritance of the heir of Bartholomew Baddlesmere, and that they do not render judgement without consulting the king. The bishop is keeper of the lands of Baddlesmere and of his heir, and the manor and other lands have been taken into the king's hand by the minority of the heir.

Nature of endorsement

Let a writ be made according to the request made by the petition.

Places mentioned

Lacheleye (Lashley), [Essex]

Lindsell, [Essex]

Great Dunmow, [Essex]

Great Bardfield, [Essex]

Stebbing, [Essex]

Theydon Mount, [Essex].

People mentioned

Bartholomew de Baddlesmere (Badlesmere)

Margaret [Baddlesmere], widow of Bartholomew de Baddlesmere

John de Latherleye (Lashley), son of Henry de Latherleye

John de Bousser, Justice.

For a related copy of a grant see SC 8/56/2761

For a related document, see SC 8/163/8102

For a related copy of a receipt see SC 8/56/2762

For a related petition concerning the same land see SC 8/70/3461

For a possibly related petition see SC 8/155/7728

For a related petition by John de Lacheleye see SC 8/56/2760

For a related petition, see SC 8/162/8098

• Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.20 (commitment of the lands of the Baddlesmere heir to the bishop)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.23a (no.29) (counter petition by John de Lacheleye) & p.29a (no.54) (full edition of later copy of original petition)
• The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp. 13-30, no. 54 (summary of references)