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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Benham, Alice de Benham his wife and Pania (Pavia) de Edmundesthorp, sister...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/218/10897
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This record is about the John de Benham, Alice de Benham his wife and Pania (Pavia) de Edmundesthorp, sister... dating from [1306] 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 8/218/10897
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1306]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Benham, Alice de Benham his wife and Pania (Pavia) de Edmundesthorp, sister of Alice de Benham.
- Name(s)
- de Benham; de Benham; de Edmundesthorp, John; Alice; Pania (Pavia)
- Addressees
- Treasurer.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request writs of seisin for the lands formerly held in chief by sergeanty by Henry de Edmundesthorp, father of Alice and Pania, on the day of his death. Proofs of age have been taken and returned, and they ask that their fealty be taken so that the writs may be issued.
- Nature of endorsement
- Render seisin of the lands by faithful men, and allow respite of the homage until the quindene of Easter, but before the heirs are admitted to perform fealty their ages should be proved.
- People mentioned
- Henry de Edmundestok (Edmundesthorp), father of Alice and Pania.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The escheator was ordered to make a division of Edmundesthorp's lands on 8 November 1306, after their fealty had been taken.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a later petition by some of the petitioners on a related matter see SC 8/81/4050
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.422 (order to the escheator to make extent of Edmundesthorp's lands and divide them between the heiresses)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. V, 1-9 Edw II, (Public Record Office, 1908), no.32 (inquisition post mortem of Henry de Edmundesthorp) & no.468 (transcript of partition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334455/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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