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John de Dynham (Dinham). de Dynham (Dinham) John Lords of parliament. Dynham requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/107/5313

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Reference
SC 8/107/5313
Date
[1377-1380]
Description
Petitioners
John de Dynham (Dinham).
Name(s)
de Dynham (Dinham), John
Addressees
Lords of parliament.
Nature of request
Dynham requests a writ to the escheator to order a proof of his age and thus to secure entry into his lands and rights as kinsman and heir of Hugh de Courtenay, son of Thomas de Courtenay.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
People mentioned
Hugh [de Courtenay], son and heir of Thomas de Courtenay
Thomas de Courtenay.
Note
John de Dynham may have come of age on 12 April 1379. Dynham's household accounts record Sir John Dynham's travel to Westminster for Parliament that year where he may have presented this petition: Cornw. RO, Arundell mss, AR 37/37. Cf. also H. Kleineke, 'The Dinham Family in the Later Middle Ages' (University of London PhD thesis, 1998) pp.131, 154. However, it is equally likely if he was born in 1359, as suggested by Kleineke (p. 9), that he came of age in April 1380. The only parliament between 12 April 1380 and February 1381, the date given for the restoration of his lands after proof of age had been taken, was one of 5 Nov – 6 Dec 1380, which would fit nicely with a response by February 1381.
Related material

For another petition probably from the same petitioner, see SC 8/44/2171

For transcript, see no.116 of PRO 31/7/110

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2777
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), p.445 (order to the escheator of Devon to restore Dynham's lands, his proof of age having been taken)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149883/

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