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? No Petitioner named Inquisition taken at York before the escheator, the jury finding...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/203/10135

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Inquisition taken at York before the escheator, the jury finding... dating from 1322 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/203/10135
Date
1322
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Inquisition taken at York before the escheator, the jury finding that Clare gave the manor of Preston in Craven to Darcy for his life and that he held it until he was ousted by Merslae and others by force and arms who took it into the hand of Damory because Damory had married one of the sisters and heirs of the earl of Gloucester. They further find that the manor is in the king's hand.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
York
Long Preston, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
Craven, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Thomas de Burgh, escheator north of the Trent
Robert de Farnhill
Robert de Bentele (Bentley)
Adam Flauvel
Robert Buck
Nigel de Staynford (Stainford)
William de Skipton
Robert Crokebayn
Ellis le Franceis
John de Catherton
Robert Coule
John de Neuton (Newton)
William le Forester
John Darcy 'le Frere'
Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester
Richard de Mersale
Richard de Spaldyng (Spalding)
Adam Alman
Constantine de Osmunderlowe
Roger Damory.
Note
The inquisition which appears to be original is dated in its dating clause to 24 May 1322 (15 Edw. II).
Related material

For the petition to which this inquisition was formerly attached, see SC 8/203/10136

For the writ initiating this inquisition, see SC 8/203/10134

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333690/

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