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William de Clynton (Clinton), Earl of Huntingdon. de Clynton (Clinton), Earl of Huntingdon...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/245/12203

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Reference
SC 8/245/12203
Date
[1345]
Description
Petitioners
William de Clynton (Clinton), Earl of Huntingdon.
Name(s)
de Clynton (Clinton), Earl of Huntingdon, William
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Clynton requests that the king ratify and confirm the release made by Laurence de Hastings to him of the three parts of the manor of Aston Cantlow, two parts of which Juliane de Hastings holds in dower, and one part which Isabel de Hastings held in dower. He also requests that the king ratify and confirm the feoffment that Hastings made to him of the manor of Wigginton. The manors are to be held to the petitioner and his heirs unless Hastings pays a certain sum to him whereupon the feoffments become null.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Aston Cantlow, [Warwickshire]
Wigginton, [Staffordshire].
People mentioned
Laurence de Hastynges (Hastings), Earl of Pembroke
Juliane [de Hastynges (Hastings)], mother of Laurence Hastings and wife of the petitioner
Isabel [de Hastynges (Hastings)], widow of John de Hastings, grandfather of Laurence de Hastings.
Note
The petition dates to 1345 as indentures and releases relating to this matter were enrolled and acknowledged on 5 and 13 April 1345 (CCR 1343-6, pp.558-9, 567). The dating of the relevant privy seal warrant is to 19 Edward III, but the month is obscured in the dating clause, though likely to be 10 March (C 81/302/16676).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 16676 in C 81/302

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. VII, 1343-1346, (Public Record Office, 1904), pp.558-559 , 567 (enrolments of indentures and releases relating to this matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439808/

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