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Maud Butetourt (Buteturte), widow of John Butetourt. Butetourt (Buteturte) Maud King...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/171/8534

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This record is about the Maud Butetourt (Buteturte), widow of John Butetourt. Butetourt (Buteturte) Maud King... dating from [c. 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/171/8534
Date
[c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
Maud Butetourt (Buteturte), widow of John Butetourt.
Name(s)
Butetourt (Buteturte), Maud
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Butetourt requests the restitution of the manor of Chenies which was her inheritance and she and her husband were forced to grant to Despenser for their involvement in his exile, and that the fine made by her husband while he was in prison because he was of the quarrel of the earl of Lancaster be annulled.
Nature of endorsement
She should have his suit according to the statute.
Places mentioned
Iselhampstead (Chenies), [Buckinghamshire].
People mentioned
John de Butetourt (Buteturte), late husband of the petitioner
Thomas [of Lancaster], earl of Lancaster
Hugh le Despenser, the son.
Note
The petition dates to c. 1327 as the petition is clearly after the fall of Edward II and the Despensers but must be before November 1328 when the petitioner was dead (CFR 1327-37, p.112).
Related material

For another petition by the petitioner's husband, see SC 8/35/1731

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/90/4483

For a petition by the same petitioner and her husband, see SC 8/95/4715

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. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.53 (order to resume the manor into the king's hand following Despenser's forfeiture) & p.112 (order to take into the king's hand the goods and chattels of the petitioner following her death)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.125 (grant to Simon de Bereford of the manor for life)
Record URL
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