Philippa de Brodborne (Bradbourne), widow of Roger de Brodborne (Bradborne). de Brodborne...

Petitioners

Philippa de Brodborne (Bradbourne), widow of Roger de Brodborne (Bradborne).

Name(s)

de Brodborne (Bradbourne), Philippa

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

[This petition is damaged.]Philippa, widow of Roger de Brodborne, states that Henry, Roger's son and heir, enfeoffed her with all his inheritance, both her dower which had previously been assigned and the rest, to hold from him and his heirs forever, and that she was seised of these lands and tenements until the escheator, after Henry's death, seized them into the King's hand because of his forfeiture. She petitioned parliament for a remedy, and the King and council ordered an inquisition. This found in her favour and the King removed his hand, but because the inquisition did not specifically mention that the keeper of the lands was present, they have been taken back into the King's hand, and she is again expelled. She requests a remedy.

Nature of endorsement

Because the council is agreed that the matter of the contents etc. was previously discussed before the King, therefore before the King.A commission was previously issued to Robert de Ayleston, William de Herle and John de Denum, so that Robert would be one, to inquire into the contents of the petition, in the presence of the keeper, and to return the inquisition: therefore she is to sue for that commission if she wishes.

People mentioned

Roger de Brodborne (Bradbourne)

Henry de Bradborne (Bradbourne), son and heir of Roger de Bradborne (Bradbourne)

Roger Beler

Robert Tok

Robert de Ayleston

William de Herle

John de Denum.

For an earlier related petition see SC 8/8/396

For a related petition see SC 8/158/7879

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.625 (order to the keeper to restore the lands to the petitioner)
• Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. III, Edw II, 1319-1327, (Public Record Office, 1913), pp.332-333 (order to resume the lands into the King's hand because of faults in the inquisition, as mentioned above)
• Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.576 (inquisition by Roger Beler and others mentioned here) & no. 597 (a second inquisition into these lands, not to the people named in the endorsement)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.437a, no. 27 (full edition of later copy of original petition)
• 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), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp. 431-447, no. 27 (summary of references)