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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Bousser; Margaret de Bousser, wife of Robert de Bousser. de Bousser; de...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/169/8440
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This record is about the Robert de Bousser; Margaret de Bousser, wife of Robert de Bousser. de Bousser; de... dating from [c. 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/169/8440
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Bousser; Margaret de Bousser, wife of Robert de Bousser.
- Name(s)
- de Bousser; de Bousser, Robert; Margaret
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Boussers request remedy as Philip and Ellen Basset held the manor of North Weald Basset from Hugh de Essex for their lives, and after their death Despenser entered the manor and gave it to his son, and after his forfeiture it came into the king's hand, though the manor should have reverted to the petitioners after the death of the Bassets.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the fine be shown in Chancery, and there let certain people be assigned to enquire in the presence of the keeper if Hugh le Despenser the elder entered into the tenements after the death as the petition alleges and whether he continued his seisin until he enfeoffed his son, and if Margaret Bousser is the next heir of Hugh de Essex in tail, and of other things touching it. And let the muniments of the Despensers be searched to find anything that would bar the petitioners. And when the inquisition and certification has been returned into Chancery, let the king be advised.
- Places mentioned
- North Weald Basset, Essex.
- People mentioned
- Philip Basset
- Ellen [Basset], wife of Philip Basset
- Hugh [de Essex] son of Hugh de Essex
- Anne [de Essex], daughter of Hugh Fitz Hugh de Essex, mother of Margaret [de Essex]
- Hugh le Despenser, the son..
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1327 as it seems to date to the beginning of Edward III and complains of the actions of the Despensers. It is possible that it predates the grant of the manor by the king to his uncle the earl of Kent on 27 February 1327, as the petition makes no mention of the grant, which would have so greatly complicated the petitioner's request (CChR 1327-41, p.2).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. IV, 1-14 Edw III, 1327-1341, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.2 (grant of the manor to the earl of Kent)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.922 (extent of the mnaor amongst others)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294288/
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