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Mary de Valence, wife of Aymer de Valence. de Valence Mary [Not specified] Mary,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/277/13819

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This record is about the Mary de Valence, wife of Aymer de Valence. de Valence Mary [Not specified] Mary,... dating from [c. 1325] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/277/13819
Date
[c. 1325]
Description
Petitioners
Mary de Valence, wife of Aymer de Valence.
Name(s)
de Valence, Mary
Addressees
[Not specified]
Nature of request
Mary, wife of Aymer de Valence, requests:1) that she may have as her dower the manor of Monmouth with the member of Hadnock, granted by the King's charter to her husband and his heirs;2) that the King pronounce his will concerning her dower as regards the manors of Hertford and Haverford, granted to her husband by the King's charter;3) that whereas her husband enfeoffed Wynneferthyng in the manors of Anstey, Westmill and Meesden, with the member of Hormead, and Wynferthing then enfeoffed her husband and herself so that she could have these places for life if she survived her husband, and because part of the manor of Anstey and Hormead is held of the King in chief and her husband did not have his permission to enfeoff Wynneferthyng in the same all the manors were taken into the King's hand, that the King will grant that she may hold these for her life according to her husband's will;4) delivery of her goods which were arrested at Temple.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] 1) The inquisition should be examined in Chancery and justice done.2) She should show what estate Aymer had in the manors and tithes in Chancery, and justice will be done.3) The King cannot do as she asks because he is not seised of the freehold but if Wynferthyng sues in Chancery justice will be done to him.
Places mentioned
Monmouth, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
Hadnock, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
Hertford, [Hertfordshire]
Haverfordwest, [Pembrokeshire, Wales]
Anstey, [Hertfordshire]
Westmill, [Hertfordshire]
Meesden, [Hertfordshire]
Hormead, [Hertfordshire]
Temple, [London].
People mentioned
Aymer [de Valence, Earl of Pembroke]
Richard de Wynneferthyng.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1325, with reference to CPR 1324-7, p. 153, a grant to the petitioner of the manors of Anstey, Meesden, Hormead and Westmill which Wynferthyng surrendered to the King, and to SC 8/294/14690-2.
Related material

For a related petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/294/14690

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.153 (grant to petitioner of manors of Anstey, Meesden, Hormead and Westmill which Wynferthyng has surrendered to the King)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517766/

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