? No Petitioner named Writ from William de Shareshulle, Robert de Asshele, and John...

Petitioners

? No Petitioner named

Nature of request

Writ from William de Shareshulle, Robert de Asshele, and John Lovedai, justices appointed to hold an inquisition into Geoffrey de Bolestrode's seisin of certain tenements in Chalfont St Peter and his expulsion from them by Hugh le Despencer, junior, asking the Sheriff of Buckinghamshire to arrange for a jury for this inquisition, and to instruct the keeper of these lands and tenements to be present.

Nature of endorsement

Philip de Ayllesbiry, Sheriff.According to the tenor of this command I summoned twenty-four, as in the panel sewn to the original writ and to this one.I instructed Walter Tork, the Keeper of the lands and tenements mentioned below in this writ, to appear before you on the day and at the place names in the writ, to do there what pertains to him, by Robert Sherman, and Robert Whitecol.

Places mentioned

Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire

Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire

Rickmansworth, [Hertfordshire].

People mentioned

William de Shareshulle, justice

Robert de Asshele, justice

John Lovedai (Loveday), justice

Philip de Ayllesbiry (Aylesbury), Sheriff of Buckinghamshire

Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitallers) in England

John de Horneby

Geoffrey de Bolestrode (Bulstrode)

Hugh le Despencer (Despenser), junior

Walter Tork (Turk), Keeper of [certain] lands and tenements [forfeited by Hugh le Despenser, junior, in Buckingamshire]

Robert Sherman

Robert Whitecol.

For a related petition from Geoffrey de Bulstrode, see SC 8/95/4739K

For a writ from the King to instruct the Abbess of Burnham produce evidence for her right to these tenements on a certain day, see SC 8/95/4739G

For a writ ordering the delivery of these tenements to Geoffrey de Bulstrode, see SC 8/95/4739A

For a related petition from the Abbess of Burnham, see SC 8/97/4827

For a related petition from the Abbess and convent of Burnham, see SC 8/97/4828

For a similar, but earlier writ, see SC 8/95/4739H

For a writ from the King ordering the Sheriff to take these tenements back into the King's hand, see SC 8/95/4739F

For a list of jurors in this inquisition, see SC 8/95/4739D

For letters patent appointing the justices to hold this inquisition, see SC 8/95/4739E

For a writ from the King to the Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, asking him to hold the inquisition mentioned here, see SC 8/95/4739B

For a writ to attach Geoffrey de Bulstrode, who has prevented delivery of the tenements to the Abbess, see SC 8/95/4739J

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.253 (enrolment of SC 8/95/4739A)
• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.11-12 (order, dated 2 March 1330, to resume the lands and tenements into the King's hand and to deliver them to the Abbess and convent of Burnham) & p.356 (order, dated 24 October 1331, to pardon the Abbess and convent their farm, because of their expenses in their suit with Geoffrey de Bulstrode)