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Robert Streth. Streth Robert King and council. Streth requests that the king will...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/73/3610

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Reference
SC 8/73/3610
Date
[c. 1333]
Description
Petitioners
Robert Streth.
Name(s)
Streth, Robert
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Streth requests that the king will order his mother to deliver 40 acres of land in the manor of Mottram to him. Vernoun granted him the land for his life for his service. After Vernoun's death the manor was taken into the hand of Despenser from whom it was held in chief, including the 40 acres, as it was believed that Streth was dead. After Despenser's forfeiture the manor is in the queen's hand but she has refused to deliver answering that he should sue to the king.1)
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege et magno consilio.2) It seems to the council that he ought . . . by the common law or in another manner . . . that this thing touching the queen the mother . . . show to the king.3) Because it is alleged by the petition that the free tenement is in the hand of Queen Isabella, he should sue a writ at the common law.
Places mentioned
Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire.
People mentioned
Ralph de Vernoun the son
Hugh le Despenser, the father.
Note
The petition has been dated to c. 1333 by the warrant issued in response to a duplicate of this petition (C 81/198/6202). However, it is possible that this petition is slightly earlier, and that the duplicate represents a later submission.
Related material

For the warrant enclosing a duplicate of this petition see no. 6202 in C 81/198

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7277
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107384/

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