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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Cecilia Denefeld, widow of John Denefeld. Denefeld Cecilia Council. Cecilia recounts...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/213/10626
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This record is about the Cecilia Denefeld, widow of John Denefeld. Denefeld Cecilia Council. Cecilia recounts... dating from [c. 1397-c. 1399] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/213/10626
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1397-c. 1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Cecilia Denefeld, widow of John Denefeld.
- Name(s)
- Denefeld, Cecilia
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- Cecilia recounts that her late husband purchased from Thornedone the manor of Ewelme for £200 for which seisin was delivered to him and to Larke, Stygant and Simon Denefeld, who promised to do his will in the manor, by virtue of which feoffment they were all seised of the manor and John Denefeld received its issues and profits. Larke then died and John Denefeld, being very ill and fearing for his life, asked Simon to make sure that the estate would belong to Cecilia and his heirs forever, so that after his death Cecilia could pay his debts, provide for his children and arrange suitable marriages for his two daughters, and that after this had been accomplished she should enfeoff the manor to Miles and his heirs who would pay 40s. yearly to William, so that if Miles died without heir the manor would go to William and his heirs forever, all of which Simon refused to do. John, thinking he did not have long to live, went to his parish church of Twineham and in the presence of the parson and all the parishioners declared that it was his will that after his death Simon and Stygant should enfeoff the manor to Cecilia and his heirs forever and asked them to bear witness to this in the future, which the parson and parishioners agreed to do. John then died and Cecilia asked Simon and Stygant to enfeoff the manor to her, but they refused. The petitioner requests that the council order Simon Denefeld and Stygant to appear before them to be examined on this matter.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Ewelme [unidentified], Sussex
- Twineham, [Sussex].
- People mentioned
- John Denefeld, late husband of the petitioner
- Thomas de Thornedone
- John Larke, clerk
- Gilbert Stygant, clerk
- Simon Denefeld
- Miles [Denefeld], son of John Denefeld
- William [Denefeld], younger son of John Denefeld.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to c. 1397-c. 1399 on the basis of SC 8/212/10599, another petition on this same issue. The manor, given as 'Ewelme', is specified as lying in Sussex, but has not been identified.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/212/10599
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334183/
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