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John de Warenne, earl de Warenne. de Warenne, earl de Warenne John King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/152/7554

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Reference
SC 8/152/7554
Date
[c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
John de Warenne, earl de Warenne.
Name(s)
de Warenne, earl de Warenne, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Warenne requests that the escheater remove his hand from and restore the manor and town of Thetford which Cobham held from him for his life, and which was seized on Cobham's death.
Nature of endorsement
Let the escheator be ordered by writ to certify in Chancery the reason for the taking of the manor into the king's hand, and let the king be advised.
Places mentioned
Thetford, Norfolk.
People mentioned
Ralph de Cobeham (Cobham).
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1327 as the king was ordering the escheator to stop 'disquieting' the earl in his possession of Thetford (CCR 1327-30, p.59). As the earl would seem to be in possession in March 1327, and the petition clearly shows that he was not at the time of the petition, it would seem likely that the petition is slightly earlier, perhaps dating to the last year or so of Edward II' reign. The dispute went on until 1331 (CIM 1307-49, no.1160; CCR 1330-3, p.117).
Related material

For a later petition by the same petitioner on another matter relating to Thetford, see SC 8/228/11353

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.59 (order to the escheator to stop interfering with the earl's possession of Thetford)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.117 (order to the treasurer and barons to acquit the earl and his surety of the sums demanded for the issues of Thetford)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1160 (inquisition into the earl's grant to Cobham)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.391b (no.75) (full edition of original petition)
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