William de Bekwell, son and heir of Henry de Bekwell. de Bekwell William King. William,...

Petitioners

William de Bekwell, son and heir of Henry de Bekwell.

Name(s)

de Bekwell, William

Addressees

King.

Nature of request

William, son and heir of Henry de Bokwell requests restitution of a yearly rent of 53s. 4d. from land and rent in Boughton Aluph which by fine levied in the quinzaine of St Martin in the twenty-third year of Edward III [1349] between his grandfather Henry de Bekwell and Agnes, his wife, plaintiffs, and Notte, Sudbury and Shrimp, deforciants, was granted to Henry, Agnes and their heirs, who were seised of the same. Henry granted the rent to Bealknapp for life, and Henry and Agnes died leaving one son, Henry, the petitioner's father who succeeded to the premises and died seised of the same, the said rent being extinguished, and the premises descended to the petitioner, but by forfeiture of Bealknap the rent was seised into the King's hand and demised to farm, with other manors and tenements in Kent and Sussex, to Katherine, Lady Engaine.

Nature of endorsement

[None].

Places mentioned

London

Camberwell, [Surrey]

Boughton Aluph, Kent

Kent

Sussex.

People mentioned

Henry de Bekwell, father of the petitioner

Edward III, King of England

Henry de Bekwell, grandfather of the petitioner

Agnes [de Bekwell], wife of Henry de Bekwell, the grandfather

John Notte of London, spicer

Thomas Sudbur' (Sudbury), vicar of Camberwell

John Shrympe (Shrimp), chaplain

Robert Bealknap (Belknap)

Katherine [Engaine], Lady Engaine.

For the Chancery writ in which this was formerly enclosed see no.9294 of C 81/545