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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Cromwell; Idonia de Cromwell, wife of John de Cromwell, and father of Robert...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/172/8596
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/172/8596
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305-1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Cromwell; Idonia de Cromwell, wife of John de Cromwell, and father of Robert de Vespount.
- Name(s)
- de Cromwell; de Cromwell, John; Idonia
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Cromwell's request justice for the wrongs and grievances done to them as Idonia inherited the manor of Long Marton from Robert de Vespount, and they had seisin until Thomas Wake, a minor in the king's keeping demanded the manor as his right, and by conspiracy and collusion with the escheator ousted the Cromwells from the manor.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because it is attested by Melton before the council that the escheator took the manor into the king's hand because of the minority of Wake, it is considered by the council that Joan, mother of the Wake heir, the escheator, and the petitioners should summoned to appear coram rege to say what they know of this and to prosecute their suit.
- Places mentioned
- Long Marton, Westmorland.
- People mentioned
- Robert de Vespount (Vipont), father of Idonia de Cromwell
- John de Vespount (Vipont), grandfather of Idonia de Cromwell
- Robert de Vespount (Vipont), great-grandfather of Idonia de Cromwell
- Isabel [de Vespount (Vipont)], sister of Idonia de Cromwell
- Thomas Wake
- Henry Wardcop, the Cromwell's steward of the manor of Long Marton, Richard Oysel, escheator North of the Trent
- Ralph de Hollam
- Henry Wardecop, steward of the petitioners
- William de Melton, king's clerk
- Joan [Wake], mother of Thomas Wake.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition has to date to the period April 1305-November 1307 when Richard Oysel was escheator (List of Escheators, p.5).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document, see SC 8/41/2032
For another petition by the same petitioners, see SC 8/11/525
For a related writ, see SC 8/323/E571
For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/154/7656
For a related inquisition, see SC 8/204/10189
For a related petition, see SC 8/41/2031
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.469 (order to the escheator to take the manor into the king's hand)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294462/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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