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Roger Hunt and others. Hunt Roger Commons. [This petition is badly damaged]Hunt and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/117/5832

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SC 8/117/5832
Date
[c. 1428]
Description
Petitioners
Roger Hunt and others.
Name(s)
Hunt, Roger
Addressees
Commons.
Nature of request
[This petition is badly damaged]Hunt and his colleagues request writs to the Chancellor to allow them to be restored to their possessions in Barnwell. They were dispossessed when the lands formerly held by Richard Laurence were taken into the king's hands by the escheator due to the minority of his heir, and were subsequently granted to William Weldon. They claim that these lands were not held of the king but of the Abbot of Peterborough.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] Let it be sent to the Lords.
Places mentioned
Northamptonshire
Rutland
Barnwell, [Northamptonshire]
Peterborough, [Northamptonshire].
People mentioned
Thomas Compworth, former Escheator of Northamptonshire and Rutland
Richard Laurance (Laurence) of Barnwell
John Laurence, son and heir of Richard Laurence
Abbot of Peterborough
William Weldon
[John Kemp] Chancellor of England.
Note
The petition refers to the grant made to Weldon on 18 November 1427 (CFR 1422-30, pp.197-8). The petition was probably presented soon afterwards, possibly to a later session of the 1427-8 Parliament.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4387
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. XV, Hen VI, 1422-1430, (Public Record Office, 1935), pp.197-8 (commitment to William Weldon of the lands late of Richard Laurence, in the king's due to the minority of John Laurence)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. XXII, 1-5 Hen VI, (Boydell & Brewer, 2003), no.836 (inquisition post mortem of Richard Laurence of Barnwell)
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