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William de Echyngham, son and heir of William de Echyngham, knight. de Echyngham...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/186/9263

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SC 8/186/9263
Date
[? 1391]
Description
Petitioners
William de Echyngham, son and heir of William de Echyngham, knight.
Name(s)
de Echyngham, William
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
William de Echyngham requests the restoration to him of the manor of Hempstede and its appurtenances in Kent, alienated by his father to Robert Bealknap. The lands have been taken into the king's hands following Bealknap's forfeiture, and he claims them as his father's heir.
Nature of endorsement
Let this bill be delivered to the chancellor, and the supplicant should sue according to the common law.
Places mentioned
Hemsted, Kent
Lydd, Kent
Promhelle (Broomhill), Kent
Holewest, Kent
Dymchurch, Kent.
People mentioned
William de Echyngham, knight, father of the petitioner
Robert Bealknap, knight
Edward III, King of England
James de Echyngham, knight
Joan [de Echyngham, wife of James de Echyngham.
Related material

For another document on this matter see SC 8/270/13496

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. IV, 1388-1392, (Public Record Office, 1902), pp.210-11 & p.445 (commissions into this matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295141/

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