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Thomas de Metham. de Metham Thomas King and Council. Thomas de Metham seeks remedy...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/124/6182

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Reference
SC 8/124/6182
Date
[1315]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Metham.
Name(s)
de Metham, Thomas
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
Thomas de Metham seeks remedy regarding the manors of Metham, Bursea and Bellasize, which have been taken into the King's hands by Squier under a commission to seize the property of Stiveton, a felon. He states that the manors had been granted to him by his mother, and that he had held them for over a year before she married Stiveton.
Nature of endorsement
Before the whole council.
Places mentioned
Metham, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Bursea, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Bellasize, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Sybil [de Metham], mother of the petitioner
John de Metham
Robert de Stiveton
Richard Squier.
Note
The response to this petition appears on the parliament roll for the Hilary parliament of 1315.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/2/71

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5392
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.304b (response to petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208352/

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