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William de Forde (Ford), clerk. de Forde (Ford) William King. clerk William de Forde...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/191/9521

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Reference
SC 8/191/9521
Date
1406
Description
Petitioners
William de Forde (Ford), clerk.
Name(s)
de Forde (Ford), William
Addressees
King.
Occupation
clerk
Nature of request
William de Forde states that on 1 August 48 Edward III (1374) Edmund de Mortimer, Earl of March and Ulster, granted him an annual rent from the manor of Gussage St Michael in Dorset, which Roger, Edmund's son and heir, granted to his brother Edmund; and that he was seised of that rent until the manor came into the King's hand after Edmund's rebellion. He requests a writ to have that rent paid to him for term of his life, together with the arrears.
Nature of endorsement
On 8 July in the seventh year etc., in the presence in the council of the Chancellor, Treasurer, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Steward and Chamberlain, and Lord Burnell, it was agreed that such and as many writs under the great seal should be made as are necessary, according to the effect of the contents of this petition.
Places mentioned
Gussich (Gussage St Michael), Dorset.
People mentioned
[Edmund] de Mortymer (Mortimer), Earl of March and Ulster
Edward III, King of England
Roger [de Mortymer (Mortimer), Earl of March and Ulster]
Edmund [de Mortymer (Mortimer)]
[Thomas Langley], Chancellor of England
[Thomas Neville, Lord Furnival], Treasurer of England
[Nicholas Bubwith], Keeper of the Privy Seal
[Richard Kingston], Steward of the Household
[Richard Grey, Lord Grey of Codnor], King's Chamberlain
[Hugh Burnell], Lord Burnell.
Note
Endorsement dated 8 July 7 Henry IV (1406), as is CCR 1405-9 p.52.
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, Hen IV, vol. III, 1405-1409, (Public Record Office, 1931), p.52 (order to pay the petitioner his rent)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295405/

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