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John de Burentyn (Barentin). de Burentyn (Barentin) John King and council. Burentyn...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/265/13247

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Reference
SC 8/265/13247
Date
[c. 1300]
Description
Petitioners
John de Burentyn (Barentin).
Name(s)
de Burentyn (Barentin), John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Burentyn requests remedy for himself, his brother Drew and other men of Jersey, because whereas they purchased a writ to have the forfeitures of their men, and have had peaceable possession and seisin for over two years, the Prior of Wenlock, Grandison's attorney, has now disseised them.
Nature of endorsement
Since the King is not able to confer the right to alienate a tenant so seised after a year and a day [...] by the chief lords of the fee, if they so wish.
Places mentioned
Jersey, [Channel Islands]
Wenlock (Much Wenlock), Shropshire.
People mentioned
Drew [de Barentin], brother of the petitioner
[Henry de Bonvillars], Prior of Wenlock
Otto [de Grandison].
Related material

For a related petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/257/12833

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517194/

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