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Joan Fitz Walter, widow of Robert Fitz Walter; Walter de Bermyngham (Bermingham);...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/78/3869A

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Reference
SC 8/78/3869A
Date
[1337]
Description
Petitioners
Joan Fitz Walter, widow of Robert Fitz Walter; Walter de Bermyngham (Bermingham); Elizabeth de Bermyngham (Bermingham); Thomas de Lucy; Margaret de Lucy, wife of Thomas de Lucy.
Name(s)
Fitz Walter; de Bermyngham (Bermingham); de Bermyngham (Bermingham); de Lucy; de Lucy, Joan; Walter; Elizabeth; Thomas; Margaret
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioners request that they are able to have the inheritance that should have descended to Joan, Elizabeth and Margaret as sisters and heirs of Multon. They have sued continually in parliament and in council for these and have been promised an answer at this parliament.1)
Nature of endorsement
It seems to the council, that if it pleases the king, that they should have livery, and should not be delayed further.2) Coram rege.
Places mentioned
Egremont, [Cumberland].
People mentioned
John de Multon of Egremont.
Note
The petition dates to 1337 as the request was answered with an order to the escheator to deliver the lands to the petitioners on 24 March 1337 (CCR 1337-9, p.26).
Related material

For the memorandum formerly accompanying this petition see SC 8/78/3869B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8399
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1337-1339, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.26 (order to the escheator to deliver the lands to the petitioners)
  • Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.26 (brief calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107644/

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