Master of the hospital of Burton Lazars. King and council. The Master of the hospital...

Petitioners

Master of the hospital of Burton Lazars.

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

The Master of the hospital of Burton Lazars states that his predecessor was seised of some land in Carlton le Moorland, Lincolnshire, of which he was disseised by Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, who gave it to his daughter Joan and to Duncan, Earl of Fife. After Duncan's death, Joan married Gervase Avenel of Scotland: because they adhered to the Scots, the King's father seized the lands into his hands, and gave them to Hugh le Despenser the son. After his death, they came into the hands of the present king, and were given into the keeping of Edmund de Grimmesby. He requests a remedy with regard to these lands.

Nature of endorsement

The Escheator is to be ordered to provide information in Chancery about the cause of the taking of these tenements into the King's hand, and what estate the Escheator has in the manor and in what manor it now is. And when the certification has been returned in Chancery, justice is further to be done.

Places mentioned

Burton Lazars, [Leicestershire]

Carlton le Moorland, Lincolnshire

Scotland.

People mentioned

John de Herpelyng, formerly Master of the hospital of Burton Lazars

Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester

Duncan, Earl of Fife

Joan [de Clare], daughter of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester

Gervase Avenel of Scotland

Edward [II], King of England

Hugh le Despenser the son

Edmund de Grimmesby (Grimsby).

For another petition from the master of this hospital, see SC 8/266/13294

For a related document, see SC 8/210/10457

For another petition by the same petitioners, see SC 8/210/10456

For a related document, see no.3377 in C 81/616

For a petition from a master of the hospital, see SC 8/190/9458