Richier de Refham; John de Refham, son of Richier de Refham. de Refham; de Refham...

Petitioners

Richier de Refham; John de Refham, son of Richier de Refham.

Name(s)

de Refham; de Refham, Richier; John

Addressees

King.

Nature of request

Richier de Refham and John his son state that they had purchased for term of their two lives a tenement in Cold Norton in Essex, from the Prior and convent of Bicknacre, and the King had confirmed that lease by his charter. However the Escheator wilfully and without good reason took those tenements into the King's hand, with all their goods and chattels found there, and has refused to release them, although they have had the King's writ for this. They request a writ under the targe to William de Neuport, Sub-escheator of Essex, to deliver their tenements to them.

Nature of endorsement

He is to have a writ of sicut alias or sicut pluries in Chancery, or he [the escheator] is to explain the reason.

Places mentioned

Northton, (Cold Norton), Essex

Bicknacre, [Essex].

People mentioned

Prior and convent of Bicknacre (Woodham Ferrers)

William de Neuport (Newport), Sub-escheator of Essex.

For another petition from Richier de Refham, see SC 8/68/3385

For another petition by Refham, see SC 8/321/E478

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.386 (order for restoration of lands to petitioners)
• Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.450 (inquisition into the alienation of land by the Prior and convent of Bicknacre)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.382b (no.104) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)