John de la Dale. Dale John King and council. Dale requests that he be granted the...

Petitioners

John de la Dale.

Name(s)

Dale, John

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Dale requests that he be granted the manor of Kenton in the same manner that his mother held it in allowance of the manor of Layham according to the intention of the king granted in parliament as appears by the endorsement to the bill. His mother had petitioned in the parliament following the king's coronation for the manor of Layham, but it had been granted to Edmund of Woodstock, and following his death Isabel was delayed by the minority of the heir. Having petitioned the king in parliament, he granted the manor of Kenton to her until the heir came of age. His mother has died and Kenton has been taken into the king's hand and given by bill of Chancery to his mother's executors.

Nature of endorsement

Because the commission made to the lady intended that the manor was granted to her because of the action that she had for the manor of Layham, which action was delayed by actions of the king, following Cockfield's death the action ought to descend to her heir and not the executors. It is agreed that Kenton be taken into the king's hand and delivered to the heir. Let a commission be made on this to the heir to hold the same by the king's grace until the coming of age of the infant, as his mother held it.

Places mentioned

Layham, Suffolk

Kenton, Devon.

People mentioned

Isabel [de Cokefeld (Cockfield)], widow of Walter de Cockfield, mother of the petitioner

Hugh le Despenser, the younger

Edmund [of Woodstock], Earl of Kent

Countess of Kent

[Edmund, Earl of Kent].

For another petition by the same petitioner on a related matter see SC 8/41/2044

For a duplicate of this petition with additional responses see SC 8/41/2046

For a related petition see SC 8/40/1967

For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter see SC 8/41/2045