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William de Ellesfeld (Elsfield), son of Gilbert de Elsfield. de Ellesfeld (Elsfield)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/230/11459

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This record is about the William de Ellesfeld (Elsfield), son of Gilbert de Elsfield. de Ellesfeld (Elsfield)... dating from [c. 1360-c. 1377] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/230/11459
Date
[c. 1360-c. 1377]
Description
Petitioners
William de Ellesfeld (Elsfield), son of Gilbert de Elsfield.
Name(s)
de Ellesfeld (Elsfield), William
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Ellesfeld requests justice be done to him concerning his inheritance at the present parliament. His father was granted the manor of Easthampstead in exchange for lands and tenements in Blunsdon and Cricklade by the king, and held them until he was wrongfully ousted by Trussel without process of law. Both Gilbert and his son Gilbert sued from parliament to parliament for justice but still they had no execution.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Easthampstead, Berkshire
Blunsdon, Wiltshire
Cricklade, Wiltshire.
People mentioned
Gilbert de Ellesfeld (Elsfield), father of the petitioner
William Trussell, escheator south of the Trent
Gilbert [de Ellesfeld (Elsfield)], brother of the petitioner.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1360-c. 1377 as the hand of the petition seems to be of about this date, and the petitioner is the grandson of Gilbert de Elsfield who made the initial exchange of manors in 1329 and his son was pursuing the disseisin in 1344 when an inquisition was held into the matter (CPR 1327-30, p.361; CIM 1307-49, no.1888).
Related material

For a petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/109/5417

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1888 (inquisition on same matter in the time of the petitioner's father)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.361 (original grant of the manor in exchange to petitioner's grandfather)
Record URL
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