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Thomas Wake, lord of Liddel. Wake, lord of Liddel Thomas King. Wake requests that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/267/13341

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Reference
SC 8/267/13341
Date
[c. 1326]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas Wake, lord of Liddel.
Name(s)
Wake, lord of Liddel, Thomas
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Wake requests that it be granted that he can enfeoff Melden of the manors of Langton and Murton so that he can re-enfeoff Wake and his wife and their heirs, Wake holding the manors in chief from the king.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Langton, [North Riding of] Yorkshire
Murton, Cumberland.
People mentioned
Michael de Melden, clerk
Blanche [Wake], wife of the petitioner.
Note
The petition dates to c. 1326 as the same petitioner was granted a licence to enfeoff three different feoffees with the manors for the same purpose on 10 April 1326, and it seems unlikely that this petition is too dissimilar in date (CPR 1324-7, p.258).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.258 (licence for the petitioner to enfeoff other individuals with the same manors and for the same purpose)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517288/

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