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Eble (Ebulo) Lestraunge (Lestrange) and Alice de Lacy, countess of Lincoln, his wife....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/176/8775

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This record is about the Eble (Ebulo) Lestraunge (Lestrange) and Alice de Lacy, countess of Lincoln, his wife.... 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 8/176/8775
Date
[c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
Eble (Ebulo) Lestraunge (Lestrange) and Alice de Lacy, countess of Lincoln, his wife.
Name(s)
Lestraunge (Lestrange); de Lacy, countess of Lincoln, Eble (Ebulo); Alice
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[Petition in 3 parts].1) The Lestraunges request . . . as they are ousted from 400 marks of land by Henry de Lancaster, which lands were granted to her by the king for life. They request that he will command his council that they will ordain . . . for her life.2) Alice requests that she be granted the 20 marks which John Talbot renders for the lease of Lincoln castle, which she had the custody of and leased to Talbot, and which is maintained in the hand of the king.3) They requests the grant of a charter of licence that Alice may give to her husband the lands . . . Holmer and Cowling which are not worth more than £40 annually.
Nature of endorsement
[On face].1) They should sue at the common law.2) They should sue against Talbot at the common law.3) This cannot be done.[On dorse, none].
Places mentioned
Lincoln, [Lincolnshire]
Holemere (Holmer Green), [Buckinghamshire]
Coulynge (Cowling), [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Henry de Lancaster, Earl of Leicester
John Talbot.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1327 as a patent roll entry concerning the issues of the constabulary of Lincoln castle may well be in response to part 2 of this petition (CCR 1327-30, p.169).
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), p.169 (order to the former escheator on the detention of the issues of the constabulary of Lincoln Castle)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294643/

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