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John de Cobham, son of the Countess Marshal. de Cobham John King and Council. The...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/104/5165

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Reference
SC 8/104/5165
Date
[1377]
Description
Petitioners
John de Cobham, son of the Countess Marshal.
Name(s)
de Cobham, John
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
The petitioner seeks recovery of various debts owed him by Alice Perrers: 1) He complains that Middleton (his attorney), leased the manor of Ardington to Alice at farm for £80 in 1364, and sold her all the corn, goods and chattels for a certain sum of silver, of which there are arrears of £19 3s, as shown in an indenture made between them.2) He complains that Alice held the manor at the said farm for twelve years, which amounts to £960, which sum is still withheld from him.3) He complains that the late king was held to him in 1000 marks, from which sum Alice granted 20 marks to Salisbury without the petitioner's warrant, as shown in the Receipt of the said king.4) He also complains that Alice granted Gresley 40 marks from the said sum without his warrant, as also appears in the said Receipt, of which £40 the petitioner is charged in the Receipt and which he has still not recovered.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Ardington, [Berkshire].
People mentioned
Edward III, King of England
Mary [of Brotherton (de Cobham, de Brewes), countess of Norfolk and] Countess Marshal
Alice Perrers
William de Middleton
John de Salisbury, brother of Alice Perrers
William de Gresley, Chaplain to Alice
Ralph Cobham.
Note
Internal evidence dates this between the death of Edward III in 1377 and the death of the petitioner in 1378; it is almost certain to date from the first parliament of Richard II, at which petitioners were invited to complain against Alice Perrers.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2262
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149735/

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