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Joan de Felton, widow of Thomas de Felton. de Felton Joan King and council in the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/111/5517

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Reference
SC 8/111/5517
Date
[1381]
Description
Petitioners
Joan de Felton, widow of Thomas de Felton.
Name(s)
de Felton, Joan
Addressees
King and council in the present parliament.
Nature of request
Felton requests a writ to the barons of the Exchequer commanding them that if they are able to find by charters and other evidences shown by Felton or by inquisition that she had a joint estate in several manors in Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk then they should do justice to her and deliver them to her as they have been seized into the king's hand for prests received by her late husband. She further requests that she be able to make an account for the prests received by her husband and not accounted for by him before the making of the jointure of Felton if she is able to show that she has a joint estate with her late husband in them.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Kirton in Lindsey, [Lincolnshire]
Fordham, [Cambridgeshire]
Aslackby, [Lincolnshire]
Wilby, [Norfolk]
Banham, [Norfolk]
Grays (Greys) manor in Banham, [Norfolk]
Barrow, [Suffolk]
Great Ryburgh, [Norfolk]
Little Ryburgh, [Norfolk]
Gilham (Jelham) Hall in Dersingham, [Norfolk]
Dersingham, [Norfolk]
Ingoldisthorpe, [Norfolk].
People mentioned
Thomas de Felton, late husband of the petitioner.
Note
The petition dates to 1381 as it was answered by two orders to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer made on 20 December 1381 and 26 January 1382 (CCR 1381-5, pp.30, 33).
Related material

For a petition on a related matter by Thomas de Felton's executors see SC 8/111/5509

For transcript, see nos.22 & 23 of PRO 31/7/107

For a petition on a related matter by the same petitioner see SC 8/111/5505

For another petition on a related matter by the same petitioner see SC 8/104/5168

An alternative version of this petition, addressed to the council only, is SC 8/85/4215

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3437
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1920), pp.30, 33 (order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to remove their hand from the lands if they find as the petition alleges)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150182/

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