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William Deyncourt. Deyncourt William King and council. Deyncourt requests that justice...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/169/8405

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Reference
SC 8/169/8405
Date
[1327-1328]
Description
Petitioners
William Deyncourt.
Name(s)
Deyncourt, William
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Deyncourt requests that justice and that he is able to have delivery of his estates which has been delayed for three weeks after he did homage. Edmund Deyncourt held the manors of Blankney, Branston, Granby, Holmesfield and Elmton of gift of the king with remainder to the petitioner and his heirs, and on Edmund's death inquisitions found that this was the case, and Deyncourt did homage to the king and had letters to the chancellor to give livery of the estates. He has refused to do so because Joan de Massey claims dower in the same though the inquisitions found that her husband had nothing in the same.
Nature of endorsement
[One entry is struck-through].Let this petition be ordered into Chancery, and let the chancellor take to him council from those he wishes to make hasty delivery according to law and reason.
Places mentioned
Blankney, [Lincolnshire]
Branston, [Lincolnshire]
Granby, [Nottinghamshire]
Holmesfield, [Derbyshire]
Elmton, (Derbyshire).
People mentioned
Edmund Deyncourt
Joan [de Macy (Massey)], wife of Hamo de Massey
Hamo de Macy (Massey), husband of Joan de Massey.
Note
The petition dates to 1327-1328 as several orders to escheators not to meddle with lands of the petitioners and the Masseys date to February and March 1327, and to February 1328 (CCR 1327-30, pp.52, 53, 254, 255).
Related material

For a related petition, see SC 8/167/8313

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), pp.52, 53, 254, 255 (orders to the escheators not to meddle with the Deyncourt and Massey lands)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294252/

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