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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Rose Monforde (Monfort), widow of Richard Monforde (Montfort). Monforde (Montfort)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/125/6215
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This record is about the Rose Monforde (Monfort), widow of Richard Monforde (Montfort). Monforde (Montfort)... dating from [1377] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/125/6215
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Rose Monforde (Monfort), widow of Richard Monforde (Montfort).
- Name(s)
- Monforde (Montfort), Rose
- Addressees
- King and Lords of Parliament.
- Nature of request
- Rose Monforde (Montfort) states that she and her husband bought the wardship and marriage of Eleanor and Elizabeth, her daughters by Nicholas Dervasalle (Durvassal) and heirs to the manor of Spernall, from Henry de Arderne. However, they were forcefully disseised by William Dervasalle (Durvassal), at the procurement of Arderne. They sued an assize of novel disseisin, and an inquest was ordered into the matter. However, due to the threats made by Dervasalle, the jurors dare not present their findings, and Rose therefore seeks remedy, as she dare not pursue this at common law.
- Nature of endorsement
- Send writs under the great seal to Henry and William, ordering them to be before the King on Monday in the Feast of St Clement next following [1377], under pain of £300, to respond on this matter.On which Monday the said Nicholas [recte William?] appealed in Chancery did not come, and therefore let another writ of sicut alias be issued, that he should be before the King at the octave of saint ...
- Places mentioned
- Spernore (Spernall), Warwickshire
- Warwick, [Warwickshire].
- People mentioned
- Richard Monforde (Montfort), late husband of the petitioner
- Henry de Arderne
- Eleanor [Dervasalle], daughter of the petitioner
- Elizabeth [Dervasalle], daughter of the petitioner
- Nicholas Dervasalle (Durvassal), [late husband of the petitioner]
- William Dervasalle (Durvassal).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition was presumably submitted to one of the two parliaments of 1377, as the first endorsement refers to the summoning of the defendants before the King on 23 November 1377, with the second endorsement being added later. A commission of enquiry into this matter was ordered on 20 February 1378.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 5461
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.131 (commission of enquiry into this matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208388/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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