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Elizabeth Damory, widow of Roger Damory, knight. Damory Elizabeth King. Damory requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/241/12032

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SC 8/241/12032
Date
[1335]
Description
Petitioners
Elizabeth Damory, widow of Roger Damory, knight.
Name(s)
Damory, Elizabeth
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Damory requests that she be granted that she can hold the lands and tenements that she and her late husband bought in Standon from Mauley as she was seised after her husband's death until the sheriff of Hertfordshire took the lands and tenements into the king's hand for a debt of William Wymondham's, he having previously held them. She considers that his other lands and his other goods should also be charged with this debt.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Standon, [Hertfordshire].
People mentioned
Roger Damory, late husband of the petitioner
William de Wymondham
Piers de Maule (Mauley), lord of Mulgrave.
Note
The petition dates to 1335 as the petitioner was granted that she can hold the lands again on 1 April 1335 (CFR 1327-37, p.450).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.450 (grant to the petitioner that she may hold the lands again)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439635/

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