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Abbot and convent of Selby. King. The abbot and convent request that certain people...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/155/7730

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Reference
SC 8/155/7730
Date
[1324]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of Selby.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The abbot and convent request that certain people be assigned to enquire of their right in moorland, pasture and rent in Rawcliffe and Eastoft, and that a remedy be ordained for them. They were disseised of the same by the earl of Lincoln, and they came into the king's hand by the earl of Lancaster's forfeiture, but the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer would not receive the verdict of an inquisition ordered following an earlier petition.
Nature of endorsement
Scrope, Herle and Denum are to be assigned to enquire by the oaths of law-worthy men of the contents in the petition; and let it be ordered to them that they go to the place; and let it be ordered to Deyville . . .
Places mentioned
Rawcliffe, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Esshtoft (Eastoft), [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln
Thomas [of Lancaster], earl of Lancaster
Henry Lescrop (Scrope)
William de Herle
John de Denum
Thomas Deyville, keeper of forfeited lands.
Note
The petition is dated to 1324 as commission to Scrope and the others to hold the inquisition dates to 14 June 1324, though strangely the inquisition was not held until 15 January 1326, and the actual order to restore the land was not given until 9 February 1327 (CIM 1307-49, no.911; CCR 1327-30, p.8).
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.8 (order to the keeper to restore the lands)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.911 (inquisition in accordance with response to the petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209922/

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