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Isabel de Wilburtham (Wilburgham), daughter of Walter de Wilburtham (Wilburgham)....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/148/7380

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SC 8/148/7380
Date
[1290-1307]
Description
Petitioners
Isabel de Wilburtham (Wilburgham), daughter of Walter de Wilburtham (Wilburgham).
Name(s)
de Wilburtham (Wilburgham), Isabel
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[This petition is damaged and partly illegible.] Isabel, daughter of Walter de Wilburtham, states that the Queen, to whom the wardship of the manor of Teston in Kent had been assigned until the majority of Walter, brother and heir of Walter de Wilburtham, refused to give this wardship up to her when she requested it after Walter's death, as his sister and heir, and that she had previously exchanged some lands with the Prior of Holy Trinity, Canterbury, although she had no right. Isabel brought a writ of mort d'ancestor against the Prior in the Eyre of Canterbury, but the Prior claimed that he had entered through the King and Queen, and requested a judgment as to whether he ought to answer without the King; so that the justices do not wish to proceed without the King's permission. Isabel asks that the assize might go ahead.
Nature of endorsement
The King to John de Berewyk (Berwick) and your colleagues, justices in Eyre in the county of Kent, greetings. Whereas Isabel, daughter of Walter de Wilburtham, recently arraigned an assize of mort d'ancestor before you and your colleagues, in the Eyre in the county of Kent, by our writ, against the Prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, concerning the manor of Teston with appurtenances, and the same Prior has appeared before you in your Eyre and claimed that he was enfeoffed with the manor by us, and has produced our [charter] on this, for which reason you have delayed proceeding to take the assize without consulting us, to Isabel's considerable harm, as we have understood from her complaint. [You should inform] us on the record and process . . . [The response breaks off here].[Illegible] it is to be delivered to [illegible] de Santforde.
Places mentioned
Terstane (Teston), Kent
Canterbury, [Kent]
Sandwich, [Kent].
People mentioned
[Eleanor of Castile], Queen of England
Walter de Wilburtham (Wilburgham)
Walter [de Wilburtham (Wilburgham)], brother and heir of Walter de Wilburtham (Wilburgham)
Prior of Holy Trinity, Canterbury
John de Berewyk (Berwick), justice
[Illegible] de Santforde.
Note
Datable to after the death of Eleanor of Castile in 1290.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209565/

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