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Nicholas de Langeford, son and heir of John de Langeford. de Langeford Nicholas King...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/165/8224

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Reference
SC 8/165/8224
Date
[? 1328]
Description
Petitioners
Nicholas de Langeford, son and heir of John de Langeford.
Name(s)
de Langeford, Nicholas
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Langeford requests that he be discharged of relief after his father's death in his manor of Killamarsh, which his father held of the King by grand serjeanty until he was killed at the battle of Stirling in the thirty-third year of Edward I (1305) when the manor was taken into the King's hand because of the minority of the petitioner, with its issues going into the Exchequer until the seventh year of Edward II (1313-14) when the petitioner reached his majority and did homage to the King for the said manor. According to Magna Carta, where the King has answered for issues of lands in his hand because of the minority of the heir, then that heir should not have to answer for the same when he comes of age, but should be discharged by law.
Nature of endorsement
A writ in Chancery should go to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to search the rolls and memoranda of the Exchequer and if it is found that the King should pursue the issues of the manor contained in this petition for the time Langeford was under-age and the King's ward, then he should be discharged of the relief.
Places mentioned
Killamarsh, Derbyshire
Stirling, [Stirlingshire, Scotland].
People mentioned
John de Langeford
Edward I, King of England
Edward II, King of England.
Note
Dated on the guard to? 1328, with reference to CCR 1327-30, p. 263, a 1328 order not to distrain Nicholas de Langeford for his homage and fealty for the lands that he holds of the King; and Cal. Mem. Rolls 1326-7, no. 539, dated to 5 March 1327.
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.263 (order not to distrain Nicholas de Langeford)
  • Calendar of Memoranda Rolls (Exchequer), Michaelmas 1326-Michaelmas 1327, (Public Record Office, 1968), no.539 (quittance in response to petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294069/

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