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John de Beggebury. de Beggebury John King and council. Beggebury requests delivery...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/204/10154

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Reference
SC 8/204/10154
Date
[1324]
Description
Petitioners
John de Beggebury.
Name(s)
de Beggebury, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Beggebury requests delivery of his lands which have resided in the king's hand since he was wrongly indicted of being an adherent of Badlesmere and imprisoned in Rochester Gaol. He has since been acquitted of that adherence.
Nature of endorsement
Let the record and process be viewed in Chancery, and if it is found that he was acquitted of the adherence and felony then he should have delivery of his lands if that is the reason for which they were taken into the king's hand.
Places mentioned
Kent
Rochester, [Kent].
People mentioned
Geoffrey de Say, justice
Bartholomew de Baddlesmere (Badlesmere)
Henry de Cobeham (Cobham), justice.
Note
The petition dates to 1324 as the keeper of forfeited lands in Kent was ordered to deliver the lands, goods and chattels to the petitioner on 6 March 1324 (CCR 1323-7, pp.69-70).
Related material

For another writ formerly appended to this petition, see SC 8/204/10155

For a transcript of the gaol delivery, see SC 8/204/10156

For a writ formerly appended to this petition, see SC 8/204/10153

For a related petition see SC 8/91/4509

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. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.69-70 (order to the keeper of forfeited lands in Kent to deliver the petitioner's lands, goods and chattels)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333709/

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