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William Ecchyngham (Etchingham), son and heir of William Ecchyngham, knight. Ecchyngham...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/270/13496

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Reference
SC 8/270/13496
Date
[1389]
Description
Petitioners
William Ecchyngham (Etchingham), son and heir of William Ecchyngham, knight.
Name(s)
Ecchyngham (Etchingham), William
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Ecchyngham requests that the chancellor be commanded to enquire of the matter of the manor of Hemsted and do justice to him. The manor descended to his father who enfeoffed Belknap who was then seised of it, but it was seized into the king's hand by Belknap's attaint.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Hempstede (Hemsted), Kent
Lydd, Kent
Promhelle (Broomhill), Kent
Holewest, Kent
Dymchurch, Kent.
People mentioned
John de Ore
James de Ecchyngham, knight
Joan de [Ecchyngham], wife of James de Ecchyngham
William Ecchyngham, father of the petitioner
Robert Bealknap (Belknap), knight.
Note
The petition dates to 1389 as a commission was granted into the matter on 1 December 1389 (CPR 1388-92, pp.210-11).
Related material

For a duplicate of this petition with a response, see no.92 in C 81/1394

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, Ric II, vol. IV, 1388-1392, (Public Record Office, 1902), pp.210-11 (commission into the matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517443/

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