Margaret Marshal, Countess of Norfolk and Lady Seagrave (Segrave). Marshal, Countess...

Petitioners

Margaret Marshal, Countess of Norfolk and Lady Seagrave (Segrave).

Name(s)

Marshal, Countess of Norfolk and Lady Seagrave (Segrave), Margaret

Addressees

King and Lords of Parliament.

Nature of request

Margaret, Countess of Norfolk, requests the cessation of a case in King's Bench, whereby her tenants in Everton and Fenstanton are being distrained for contributions towards the upkeep of the bridge at Huntingdon. She claims that the tenants of these lands, parts of the earldom of Norfolk and the lordship of Seagrave, are exempt from such charges.

Nature of endorsement

The bill should be sent to Chancery for right to be done, and let the process against the lady and her tenants be stopped until the octave of John the Baptist next, and in the meantime the lady should sue in discharge of her and her tenants.

Places mentioned

Everton, Huntingdonshire

Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire

Huntingdon, [Huntingdonshire].

For a similar petition from the Earl of March see SC 8/20/982

For a similar petition from the Countess of Hereford see SC 8/18/886

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIV, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.533 (resultant order to the justices)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.30a (edition of petition, wrongly dated)