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John de Kelleveden (Kelvedon), son of John de Kelleveden. de Kelleveden (Kelvedon)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/234/11660

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Reference
SC 8/234/11660
Date
[1322]
Description
Petitioners
John de Kelleveden (Kelvedon), son of John de Kelleveden.
Name(s)
de Kelleveden (Kelvedon), John
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
John de Kelleveden states that he has served the King loyally in the company of Oliver de Ingham, and that the King, when he was at Ongar, summoned his father, John de Kelleveden, and when he did not come, ordered that he be arrested, and his lands and tenements taken into the King's hand. John is now dead, and his lands and tenements still in the King's hand. John the son asks that he might have justice and reason in the matter of his inheritance, in consideration of his service.
Nature of endorsement
The Escheator is to be ordered to inquire into whether the tenements are in the King's hand for that reason or for another, and if for another, then for which, and from whom the tenements are held, and if he is his next heir. And the issue is further to be in Chancery, according to justice and reason.
Places mentioned
Ongar, Essex.
People mentioned
John de Kelleveden (Kelvedon)
Oliver de Ingham
[Edward I], King of England
[Eleanor of Castile], Queen of England.
Note
CCR 1318-23 p.475 is dated 6 July 1322, and is clearly the final response to this petition, and the writ which is its immediate response, SC 8/234/11661, is dated 17 May, 15 Edward II (1322).
Related material

For a writ resulting from this petition, see SC 8/234/11661

For an inquisition resulting from that writ, see SC 8/234/11662

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 II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.475 (order to deliver the lands to the petitioner, as an inquisition has found that what he says is true)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335219/

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