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Eleanor de Brus (Bruce), widow of Robert de Bruce the father. de Brus (Bruce) Eleanor...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/162/8058

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Reference
SC 8/162/8058
Date
[1315]
Description
Petitioners
Eleanor de Brus (Bruce), widow of Robert de Bruce the father.
Name(s)
de Brus (Bruce), Eleanor
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Brus requests grace and remedy and that she is able to have her dower from the knight's fees in the honour of Huntingdon of which her husband died seised, and which her son assigned Neville and Caproun for her dower a year before his forfeiture. By Neville and Caproun's negligence and delay the fees are taken into the king's hand by the escheator of Huntingdonshire.
Nature of endorsement
Because the fee was in the hand of the king she should sue in Chancery and let justice be done to her there. And let the earl of Hereford who holds part of this fee by grant of the king be commanded that he make to the petitioner a reasonable assignment of dower.
Places mentioned
Honour of Huntingdon
Huntingdon, [Huntingdonshire]
Huntingdonshire.
People mentioned
Robert de Brus (Bruce), the father
John de Neville, kt.
Nicholas Caproun (Capron) of Huntingdon
Robert de Brus (Bruce) the son
[Humphrey de Bohun], earl of Hereford.
Note
The petition dates to 1315 as a Latin summary of the petition was enrolled on the parliament roll for the parliament held at Westminster in Hillary 1315 (8 Edw. II) (Rot. Parl., vol. I, p.322 (no.155)).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. I, Edw I, 1272-1307, (Public Record Office, 1911), pp.534-5 (orders to take the earl of Carrick's lands into the king's hand)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.322 (no.155) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293902/

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