William de Septvantz, knight. de Septvantz William King and council. William de Septvantz,...

Petitioners

William de Septvantz, knight.

Name(s)

de Septvantz, William

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

William de Septvantz, knight, states that when he made a release to John atte Lee of his rights in the manor of Wigborough in Essex, the King promised him that he would have the true value of this manor, and that afterwards, in the presence of the council, John atte Lee returned the release to him, at the King's command, stating that he had no other release for that manor. Now Walter atte Lee, his son and heir, has produced a release, which he claims to be this one, and has expelled William from the manor. William asks that it might be established in this present parliament that the release was returned, and that he might be restored to his inheritance.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

Havering-atte-Bower, [Essex]

Wigborough, Essex.

People mentioned

John atte Lee (Attlee)

Walter atte Lee (Attlee), knight, son and heir of John atte Lee

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster

[William Wykeham], Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England

[Thomas Brantingham], Bishop of Exeter and Treasurer of England

[Richard Fitz Alan], Earl of Arundel

[William de Montague], Earl of Salisbury

[William le Latimer], Lord Latimer

John Knyvet, Chancellor of England.

For transcript, see no.44 of PRO 31/7/105

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIII, 1369-1374, (Public Record Office, 1910), pp.9-10 (order to take the manor into the King's hand since the insufficient proof of age of the petitioner) & p.10 (order to deliver his lands to the petitioner, now of full age)
• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIV, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1913), pp.463-464 (various documents between the petitioner and Walter atte Lee, some concerning this manor)