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John de Sutton; Margaret de Sutton, wife of John de Sutton. de Sutton; de Sutton...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/207/10301

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SC 8/207/10301
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
John de Sutton; Margaret de Sutton, wife of John de Sutton.
Name(s)
de Sutton; de Sutton, John; Margaret
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Request for assistance in the recovery of estates unjustly taken from the petitioners by Hugh Despenser the younger on pretence that John Sutton had been an adherent of Thomas of Lancaster.
Nature of endorsement
Let certain justices be assigned in the chancery to inquire in the presence of the keeper of the relevant lands whether John was imprisoned at the time of the making of the grant, etc.
Places mentioned
Dudley, Worcestershire
Sedgley, Staffordshire
Old Swinford, [Worcestershire]
Rowley Somery, Staffordshire
Prestwood, Staffordshire
Bradfield, Berkshire
Westminster.
People mentioned
William de Alveston
Hugh le Despenser the younger
Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster.
Note
Datable by reference to CIM 1307-49, no. 1000.
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 III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.63 (outcome of another petition on the same matter)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.965 (commission on related case) & no.1000 (commission arising from this petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.435a (English summary of alternative version of this petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333857/

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