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? No Petitioner named Writ of Edward II to John de Brompton commanding him to certify...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/204/10158

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Writ of Edward II to John de Brompton commanding him to certify... dating from 1324 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/204/10158
Date
1324
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Writ of Edward II to John de Brompton commanding him to certify the king of the reason for the taking of certain lands of the Beaumonts in Kingston Bagpuize into the king's hand when he was sheriff, the lands being part of the inheritance of Alice Beaumont.1)
Nature of endorsement
By the chancellor.2) Brompton responds that when he was sheriff he took all of the lands of Robert de la Beche into the king's hand supposing Beche to be a contrariant adhering to his father Philip, and that the lands of William and Alice Beaumont were amongst these, and that all the lands were delivered to Hungerford, keeper of forfeited lands in the county.
Places mentioned
Kingston Bagpuize, [Berkshire]
Worcester, [Worcestershire].
People mentioned
Edward II, King of England
John de Brompton, formerly sheriff of Berkshire
William Beaumont
Alice [Beaumont], wife of William Beaumont.
Note
The writ itself is dated in its dating clause to 11 January 1324 (17 Edw. II).
Related material

For the inquisition formerly attached with this writ, see SC 8/204/10159

For another writ formerly appended with this writ, see SC 8/204/10160

For a related writ, see SC 8/203/10130

For the petition to which this writ was formerly attached, see SC 8/204/10157

For a related petition, see SC 8/32/1583

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/C9333713/

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