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Eleanor Ferre, widow of Guy Ferre. Ferre Eleanor King and council. Ferre requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/171/8540

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Reference
SC 8/171/8540
Date
[1334]
Description
Petitioners
Eleanor Ferre, widow of Guy Ferre.
Name(s)
Ferre, Eleanor
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Ferre requests remedy as she holds the manor of Benhall by purchase by her late husband, and the reversion pertains to the earl of Cornwall, and with this manor pertains the patronage of the priory of Butley with rights concerning the keeping of the priory during vacancy, and to the election of priors which have been ignored. The canon chosen to be prior should be presented to her, and she should send to the bishop to receive the prior but she has been bypassed by Pakenham and held out of the priory by him and others. She cannot have a writ of quare impedit against Pakenham naming him prior as the priory is vacant, and she cannot have a writ against men of religion without the name of the lord who is to be maintained.
Nature of endorsement
He should sue at the common law.
Places mentioned
Benhall, Suffolk.
People mentioned
[John of Eltham], earl of Cornwall
Alexander de Stratford, prior of Butley
Matthew de Pakenham, canon of the priory of Butley
John de Framelyngham (Framlingham), canon of the priory of Butley
Richard de Chiltenham, canon of the priory of Butley
Matthew de Getton, canon of the priory of Butley
William Testard
John de Badyngham (Badingham).
Note
The petition is dated to 1334 as the petition is published in Rot. Parl. II from a Hale manuscript which dated the petitions to parliament held in 8 Edw. III (1334) (Rot. Parl. vol. II, p.85b (no.53)).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.85b (no.53) (full edition of later copy of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294405/

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