John de St Loe; Joan de St Loe, wife of John de St Loe and daughter and heir of Alexander...

Petitioners

John de St Loe; Joan de St Loe, wife of John de St Loe and daughter and heir of Alexander de Cheverel.

Name(s)

de St Loe; de St Loe, John; Joan

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

The St Loes request that the manor of Wynford Eagle be taken into the king's hand and delivered to them, or that they are answered in the assize of Mort d'Ancestor against Lovel and that the justices are able to proceed in the assize and do justice notwithstanding Lovel's charter from the king. Joan St Loe is the daughter and heir of Cheverel, and after Cheverel's death the manor was taken into the king's hand and leased to Lovel.1)

Nature of endorsement

Let it be ordered to the justices that notwithstanding that charter they should proceed to take the assize according to the law and custom of the realm of England, and that before they proceed to judgment they should certify the king so that the king can do what by right ought to be done.2) No writ has been issued on this because the petitioner has elsewhere pursued to have a writ.

Places mentioned

Wynford Eagle, [Dorset]

Dorset.

People mentioned

Alexander de Cheverel, father of Joan de St Loe

Richard Lovel

John de Foxle (Foxley), justice.

For the counter petition by Lovel, see SC 8/59/2934

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.295 (order to the escheator not to intermeddle with the lands late of Cheverel, but to retain the manor of Wynford Eagle in the king's hand)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.304 (grant to the petitioner of the manor of Wynford Eagle, in exchange for Old Roxburgh)
• Proceedings against the Crown (1216-1377), Ludwik Ehrlich, (, 1921), pp.253-4 (full edition of petition)