Eleanor Fitz John, widow of Herbert Fitz John. Fitz John Eleanor King and council....

Petitioners

Eleanor Fitz John, widow of Herbert Fitz John.

Name(s)

Fitz John, Eleanor

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Fitz John requests remedy and that right is done to her concerning her dower, as lands in England and Wales settled upon her are now in the king's hand.

Nature of endorsement

[On face:] Fitz Reynald gave the lands to the king and the king has a right in them.[On dorse:] She should declare in whose hand the lands now exist, and if it some other than the king then she should sue at the common law. If they are in the hand of the king she should show what she has for the assent of her late husband's father upon the assignment of the dower at the door of the church. Afterwards she came and showed the writing that attested that her late husband gave dower to her in the lands named in the petition, and another writing that attested the assent of her father. Because the lands are in the king's hand, therefore coram rege.Coram rege.

Places mentioned

Harescombe, [Gloucestershire]

Wales

Blaenllyfni, [Breconshire, Wales]

Bwlch-y-Dinas, [Breconshire, Wales]

Llanelieu, [Breconshire, Wales]

Cathedine, [Breconshire, Wales]

Llyn Safaddu, [Breconshire, Wales]

Caldicot, [Monmouthshire, Wales]

Pontesbury, [Shropshire]

The Home, [Shropshire]

Crookham, [Berkshire].

People mentioned

Herbert Fitz John, late husband of the petitioner

John Fitz Reynald, father of Herbert Fitz John.

For another petition by the same petitioner concerning her dower, see SC 8/17/812

For another petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/111/5537

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/54/2680

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.232 (order to the escheator to assign a third of the castles, honour and lands)
• Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1252 (inquisition on the matter of the petitioner's dower)
• Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. VII, 1-9 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1909), no.95 (inquisition into Eleanor's petition claiming her dower)