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Philip le Despenser, son and heir of Philip le Despenser. Despenser Philip King....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/244/12159

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Reference
SC 8/244/12159
Date
[1347]
Description
Petitioners
Philip le Despenser, son and heir of Philip le Despenser.
Name(s)
Despenser, Philip
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Despenser requests letters of the privy seal to the chancellor to make a writ to the justices to render judgment to Despenser without delay on the verdict of an inquisition held into his claims to the manor of Parlington. Hugh le Despenser granted the manor to the petitioner's father, but the manor is now in the queen's hand and Despenser has sued for right to be done to him for the manor, but the justices will not act without the king's command.
Nature of endorsement
It pleases the king that the chancellor make a writ for the petitioner to the justice in the case that if the inquisition passed as it was alleged that they go to render judgment on it without delay in right of the manor.
Places mentioned
Parlington, [West Riding of] Yorkshire.
People mentioned
Philippa [of Hainault], Queen of England
Philip le Despenser, father of the petitioner, and son of Hugh le Despenser, the father
Hugh le Despenser, the father.
Note
The petition dates to 1347 as the privy seal warrant was issued on 30 May and the justices were commanded to proceed to judgment on 8 June 1347 (C 81/319/18372; CCR 1346-9, pp.40, 223-4).
Related material

For a related document, see SC 8/293/14611

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 18372 in C 81/319

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. VIII, 1346-1349, (Public Record Office, 1905), pp.40, 223-4 (order to admit the petitioner to verification, and order to render judgment)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439764/

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