Edmund of Langley. Langley Edmund King. Edmund states that he holds the lands that...

Petitioners

Edmund of Langley.

Name(s)

Langley, Edmund

Addressees

King.

Nature of request

Edmund states that he holds the lands that belonged to Earl Warenne beyond Trent of the gift of his king and father, but that Norman de Swyneford is attempting deceitfully to recover his wife's dower against the Countess Warenne in Sowerbyshire and Holmfirth, which are part of these lands, and assigned to the Countess as her dower, claiming that John de Brewes, his wife's late husband, was seised of these lands through the earl. If he recovers these lands, Edmund will lose them forever. He asks that the council might be ordered not to allow any assize to pass against him or the countess at the suit of Swyneford until the council is better advised, and he further requests that if anything has been begun in this matter that it be hastily repealed.

Nature of endorsement

[None].

Places mentioned

Sowerbyshire, [West Riding of Yorkshire]

Holmfirth, [West Riding of Yorkshire].

People mentioned

[John de Warenne], Earl Warenne

Norman de Swyneford (Swynford, Swinford)

[Joan de Bar], Countess Warenne

[Margaret de Trehampton], wife of Norman de Swynford

John de Brewes, late husband of Norman de Swyneford's wife.

For the secret seal warrant with which this petition was originally enclosed see no. 69 in C 81/1333

• Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. IX, 21-25, (Public Record Office, 1917), no.102 (inquisition post mortem of John Brewes with reference to this land) & no.86 (inquisition post mortem of John de Warenne with reference to this land (p.48))
• Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. X, 26-34 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1921), no.211 (inquisition post mortem of Margaret de Trehampton, wife of Norman de Swynford)