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Petitioners

Hervey de Stanton (Staunton), clerk.

Name(s)

de Stanton (Staunton), Hervey

Addressees

King.

Occupation

clerk

Nature of request

Hervey de Stanton requests permission to enfeoff Matthew de Stanton of ten librates of land in Suffolk, held in chief of the abbot of Bury St Edmunds, so that Matthew may re-enfeoff Hervey of these lands for the term of his life with remainder to the abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds. An inquisition, returned to the chancery, has found that this is not to the prejudice of the king or anyone else.

Nature of endorsement

H. de Staunton.

Places mentioned

Pakenham, [Suffolk]

Norton, [Suffolk]

Great Barton, [Suffolk]

Stowlangtoft, [Suffolk]

Thurston, [Suffolk]

Ixworth, [Suffolk]

Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk].

People mentioned

Matthew de Stanton (Staunton), chaplain

Abbot of Bury St Edmunds.

For a final concord relating to this matter see no.22 of CP 25/1/216/48

For a related entry on the Common Bench plea roll, see m.70 of CP 40/163

For a related writ and inquisition ad quod damnum, seemingly enclosed with this petition and bearing the response, see C 143/59/17

• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.506 (licence to enfeoff these lands to William de Buxehale) & p.531 (licence to alienate this land to Bury St Edmunds abbey)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.210 (response on parliament roll)
• The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Vetus Codex 1307, appendix, no.113 (full edition and translation)