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Robert de Welle; Matilda de Welle, wife of Robert de Welle. de Welle; de Welle Robert;...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/151/7520

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This record is about the Robert de Welle; Matilda de Welle, wife of Robert de Welle. de Welle; de Welle Robert;... dating from [c. 1322] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/151/7520
Date
[c. 1322]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Welle; Matilda de Welle, wife of Robert de Welle.
Name(s)
de Welle; de Welle, Robert; Matilda
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The Welles request that the justices be ordered to go to judgment according to the law and custom of the realm concerning their writ of dower against the Cromwells, as it has been delayed by the forfeiture of Roger de Clifford.
Nature of endorsement
Let a writ be directed to the justices that they should proceed in the plea, but should not proceed to judgment without consulting the king.
Places mentioned
Maltby, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
Stanley, Derbyshire.
People mentioned
John de Crumwelle (Cromwell)
Idonia [de Crumwelle (Cromwell)], wife of John de Cromwell
Robert de Clifford
Roger de Clifford, son and heir of Robert de Clifford.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1322 as it clearly follows the forfeiture of the Cliffords in 1322, and cannot be long after a grant made to Robert de Welle on 1 June 1322 (CPR 1321-4, pp.127-8).
Related material

For a related petition by the same petitioners, see SC 8/317/E267

For a related petition see SC 8/77/3845

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), pp.127-8 (grant for life to Robert de Welle of the dower lands)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209706/

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