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John de Eure, son of John de Euer (Eure). de Eure John King and council. Eure, the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/165/8236

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Reference
SC 8/165/8236
Date
[c. 1346]
Description
Petitioners
John de Eure, son of John de Euer (Eure).
Name(s)
de Eure, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Eure, the King's bachelor, requests that he have a writ to the justices of assize in Northumberland to proceed with his suit of mort d'ancestor brought against Eseby by the true right which he has, as appears by a fine levied in the King's court ... to the King by a bill delivered by some of his enemies that the said plea was moved by fraud ... to levy a sum of money which Darrayns owed the King, which allegation is false and malicious, as appears in the said fine, and Eure is ready to prove that they are his by right and reason. Eure has £40 of lands and chattels to the value of £300 which the King can ... the said debt.
Nature of endorsement
[None.]
Places mentioned
[Callerton] Darrayns (Darras), Northumberland.
People mentioned
John de Euer (Eure), father of the petitioner
John de Eseby
Robert Darrayns (Darras), late sheriff of Northumberland.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1346, with reference to CCR 1346-9, p. 2, a 1346 order to pronounce verdict of Eure's assize of mort d'ancestor in accordance with this petition. This petition must have been presented after SC 8/165/8235.
Related material

For a related petition by the same petitioner is SC 8/45/2248

For a related petition see SC 8/165/8235

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. VIII, 1346-1349, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.2 (order to pronounce verdict of Eure's assize of mort d'ancestor in accordance with the petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294081/

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