Hugh de Meynill and Joan de Meynill, his wife. de Meynill; de Meynill Hugh; Joan...

Petitioners

Hugh de Meynill and Joan de Meynill, his wife.

Name(s)

de Meynill; de Meynill, Hugh; Joan

Addressees

King and Council.

Nature of request

Hugh and Joan de Meynill request the restoration of their manor of Yeaveley. The manor had been leased to Richard Foun for the term of his life by Hugh's father, with reversion to Hugh and Joan, but has now been seized into the king's hands following Foun's death at Caverswall, as it was thought Foun was an adherent of the Earl of Lancaster.

Nature of endorsement

Let him have a writ to bring the said foot of fine, and let Richard's tenure of the manor be investigated, and let justice be done in the Chancery.

Places mentioned

Yeaveley, Derbyshire

Careswelle (Caverswall), [Staffordshire].

People mentioned

Hugh de Meynill, father of the petitioner

Richard Foun, steward of the Earl of Lancaster of the honour of Leicester

[Thomas of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster.

For a writ relating to SC 8/234/11674 see SC 8/234/11675

For an inquisition relating to SC 8/234/11674 see SC 8/234/11676

For a related inquisition see SC 8/203/10127

For a related petition from Foun's widow see SC 8/47/2339

For another petition from Foun's widow see SC 8/204/10197

For the writ ordering the holding of this inquisition, see SC 8/203/10128

For an inquisition held as a result of SC 8/204/10197 see SC 8/204/10198

For a duplicate of that petition see SC 8/203/10126

For the writ ordering the holding of this inquisition see SC 8/204/10199

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.589-90 (order to deliver custody of the manor to Foun's widow) & p.608 (resultant order to restore the manor to Hugh and Joan de Meynill)
• Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.512 (p.127) (resultant inquisition into this matter)