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John de Yerdhill. de Yerdhill John King and council. Yerdhill requests that he be...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/80/3984

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SC 8/80/3984
Date
[? 1322]
Description
Petitioners
John de Yerdhill.
Name(s)
de Yerdhill, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Yerdhill requests that he be granted the custody of the lands of St Maur in allowance of his losses from the Scots.1)
Nature of endorsement
The escheator is ordered to enquire of the value of the land, and how long the land has been in the hand of the king, and certify the king in Chancery.2) Coram rege.
Places mentioned
Northumberland
Newton by the Sea, [Northumberland].
People mentioned
Nicholas de Seinmore (St Maur).
Note
The petition has been dated to? 1322 following Fraser's dating of the petition. She notes that Yerdhill's interests in the wardship may have to do with the fact that he had married a co-heiress of one of a tenant of a St Maur lordship (Northumberland Petitions, pp.187-8 (no.163)).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8955
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.187-8 (no.163) (full edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107760/

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