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John de Segrave; Margaret de Segrave, wife of John de Segrave and daughter and heir...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/278/13878

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Reference
SC 8/278/13878
Date
[1345]
Description
Petitioners
John de Segrave; Margaret de Segrave, wife of John de Segrave and daughter and heir of Thomas de Brotherton; Edward de Mountagu (Montacute); Alice de Montacute, wife of Edward de Montacute and daughter and heir of Thomas de Brotherton.
Name(s)
de Segrave; de Segrave; de Mountagu (Montacute); de Montacute, John; Margaret; Edward; Alice
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
John and Margaret Segrave and Edward and Alice Mountagu request that the King order the chancellor to deliver to them the manor of Hamstead Marshall which Brotherton held of the gift of Edward II. Brotherton gave the manor to William, Earl of Salisbury for life or 15 years, whichever was longer, but upon his death the King's escheator seised the manor into the King's hand. The heirs have sued in Chancery for delivery of the manor but the chancellor will not comply.
Nature of endorsement
Edward de Montacute and Alice his wife appoint Mirfield and Sutton as their attorneys for the business contained in this bill; Drayton received the attorneys.
Places mentioned
Hamstead Marshall, [Berkshire].
People mentioned
Thomas de Brotherton, late Earl of Norfolk and Marshal of England
Edward [II], King of England
William [Montacute], Earl of Salisbury
William de Mirfeld (Mirfield), attorney
William de Sutton, attorney
Thomas de Drayton.
Note
The petition presumably dates to 1345, along with the other related documents in this case (SC 8/278/13879-13888). William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, died in 1344.
Related material

For a related grant see SC 8/278/13885

For a related inquisition see SC 8/278/13881

For another related inquisition see no 13 of C 145/151

For a related document see SC 8/278/13884

For a related writ see SC 8/278/13879

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1890 (calendar of related inquisition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517826/

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