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Joan Burstall, daughter and heir of John Burstall. Burstall Joan King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/95/4746

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Reference
SC 8/95/4746
Date
[1378]
Description
Petitioners
Joan Burstall, daughter and heir of John Burstall.
Name(s)
Burstall, Joan
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Joan Burstall states that her father, John Burstall, and Cecily his wife purchased the manor of East Hall in Kent, for themselves and John's heirs, but that after John's death, Alice Perrers forced Cecily to sell the manor to her, and never paid her the full price. She asks to be reinstated in this manor.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
East Hall, Kent.
People mentioned
John Burstall, citizen of London, father of petitioner
Cecily [Burstall], wife of John Burstall
Alice Perrers
Edward [III], King of England.
Note
Like other petitions against Alice Perrers, it is likely that this is datable to the parliament of October 1378 on the basis of annotations on SC 8/94/4691 and SC 8/148/7363, which refer specifically to petitions against Alice in that parliament. The manor in question in this petition had changed hands by January 1379: CPR 1377-81, p. 313.
Related material

For a duplicate of this petition, see SC 8/95/4745

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 945
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Manors
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149308/

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