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Richard de Denton. de Denton Richard King and council. Richard de Denton states that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/238/11887

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Reference
SC 8/238/11887
Date
[1335]
Description
Petitioners
Richard de Denton.
Name(s)
de Denton, Richard
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Richard de Denton states that for his great service to him, Edward II gave him all the lands in Cumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire that Edmund Boyvill held in demesne or in reversion, as freely as Edmund or his ancestors held them; but in his charter no mention is made of the advowsons of churches or the services of free tenants. He asks that he might have the fees belonging to these lands and tenements and the advowson of the church of Thursby, belonging to the manor of Thursby - which manor and advowson Anneys his wife holds for term of life, with reversion to him by virtue of the late King's grant. He also asks for some other lands belonging to this manor, and some lands belonging to the manor of Ainstable, which are in the King's hand because of the forfeiture of William Blunt, who held them of the said manor.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Cumberland
Westmorland
Yorkshire
Thursby, [Cumberland]
Ainstable, [Cumberland].
People mentioned
Edward [II], King of England
Edmund Boyvill
Anneys (Agnes) [de Denton], wife of Richard de Denton
William Blunt (Blount).
Note
Formerly enclosed with no.8649 of C 81/222, which is dated 2 June 9 Edward III (1335).CPR 1334-8 p.111 is also dated 2 June 1335.
Related material

For instructions to the Chancellor to give the petitioner a charter and other letters for this, see no.8649 of C 81/222

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.111 (grant of knights' fees and services of free tenants in these lands, together with the advowson and lands requested)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335448/

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