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Edward de Seint Johan (Saint John, St John) and Eve de Seint Johan (Saint John, St...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/240/11953

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Reference
SC 8/240/11953
Date
[1332]
Description
Petitioners
Edward de Seint Johan (Saint John, St John) and Eve de Seint Johan (Saint John, St John) his wife.
Name(s)
de Seint Johan (Saint John, St John); de Seint Johan (Saint John, St John), Edward; Eve
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Edward de St John and Eve his wife state that they recovered certain tenements in Sussex of Eve's dower from her late husband William Paynel, but that they were then disseised of them by Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, John de Hastyng and others. They brought an assize of novel disseisin, but in the course of that assize Aymer and John died. They brought another assize against Laurence de Hastyng, Ralph de Bockyng and others, but because Laurence was under age and in the King's wardship, the justices refused to take that assize until Edward and Eve had petitioned parliament for a writ to order them to do so. The justices have now taken the assize and found that Edward and Eve were disseised as they claim; but they are refusing to render judgment. They request a writ to the justices to render judgment, considering that they have now been disseised for twelve years and more.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Sussex.
People mentioned
William Paynel, former husband of Eve de St John
Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke
John de Hastyng (Hastings)
Laurence de Hastyng (Hastings)
Ralph de Bockyng.
Note
Datable to 1332 with reference to no.5170 of C 81/187, the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, dated 27 January 1332.CCR 1327-30 p.283 is dated 11 May 1328, and appears to have been the response to the earlier petition at SC 8/168/8382.
Related material

For a document with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no.5170 of C 81/187

For an earlier related petition see SC 8/168/8382

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 III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.283 (earlier instruction to the justices to take the assize, but not to render judgment without consulting the King)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335517/

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