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William de Hampsterley (Hamsterley). de Hampsterley (Hamsterley) William Council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/116/5795

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Reference
SC 8/116/5795
Date
[1376-1377]
Description
Petitioners
William de Hampsterley (Hamsterley).
Name(s)
de Hampsterley (Hamsterley), William
Addressees
Council.
Nature of request
Hampsterley requests that the council summon Thomas Staunton before them and demand that he allow him and his wife Elizabeth to take possession of her inheritance. While Hampsterley was in London proving that Elizabeth had come of age and securing a writ to the sheriff to allow them to have livery of the lands of Geoffrey de Staunton, Thomas and his men had forcibly seized the lands while they were still in the king's hands and thus prevented them taking possession.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Nottinghamshire.
People mentioned
Geoffrey de Staunton
Elizabeth Staunton, cousin and heir of Geoffrey de Staunton, wife of the petitioner
[John de Bekyngham (Beckingham)], Escheator of Nottinghamshire
Thomas Staunton.
Note
The writ to the escheator to deliver seisin of Staunton's lands was issued on 22 December 1375, while the form of the petition would suggest that it was presented soon afterwards, before the death of Edward III.
Related material

For a related petition from Thomas Staunton see SC 8/140/6983

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4263
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIV, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.193 (order to the escheator in Nottinghamshire to allow William de Hampsterley and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of William, son and heir of Geoffrey de Staunton, to have seisin of her grandfather's lands in Nottinghamshire)
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