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Joan le Foun, widow of Richard le Foun. Foun Joan King and council. Le Foun requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/203/10126

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Reference
SC 8/203/10126
Date
[1322]
Description
Petitioners
Joan le Foun, widow of Richard le Foun.
Name(s)
Foun, Joan
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Le Foun requests remedy as the land that her late husband held in Yeaveley of Hugh de Meynel which should have come to her as nearest relative of Richard son and heir of Richard le Foun who is below age, her husband having died in prison without being attainted of any trespass against the king, have been seized into the king's hand because her late husband was the earl of Lancaster's steward of the honour of Leicester.
Nature of endorsement
Let certain people be assigned to enquire of certain things contained in these petitions in due form in the presence of the keeper of the lands, and let the inquisition be returned and justice done.
Places mentioned
Yeaveley, [Derbyshire]
Leicester honour.
People mentioned
Richard le Foun, late husband of the petitioner
Hugh [de Meynel], son of Hugh de Meynel
Richard [le Foun], son and heir of Richard le Foun
Thomas of Lancaster, earl of Lancaster.
Note
The petition is dated to 1322 on the basis of the entry ordering the restoration of the lands to the petitioner dating to 8 August 1322 (CCR 1318-23 pp.589-590).
Related material

The writ ordering the holding of this inquisition is SC 8/204/10199

Another petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/204/10197

Another petition relating to Foun's death is SC 8/127/6322

An inquisition held as the result of SC 8/204/10197 is SC 8/204/10198

For the writ ordering the holding of this inquisition, see SC 8/203/10128

An inquisition relating to SC 8/234/11674 is SC 8/234/11676

A writ relating to SC 8/234/11674 is SC 8/234/11675

For the inquisition relating to this petition, see SC 8/203/10127

For a near duplicate of this petition, see SC 8/47/2339

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, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.589-590 (for several entries for the restoration of the goods and lands to the petitioner including the land referred to in this petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333681/

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