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? No Petitioner named Record of an inquisition held at Abingdon before John de Alveton,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/278/13881

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Reference
SC 8/278/13881
Date
1345
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Record of an inquisition held at Abingdon before John de Alveton, escheator of Oxfordshire and Berkshire on 1 August 1345. The jurors say that Edward II granted the manor of Hamstead Marshall to Thomas, Earl of Norfolk, who in turn granted it to the Earl of Salisbury for life, and that Edward and Alice Montacute entered two parts of the manor after the death of the Earl of Salisbury, and took the profits of those two parts from the death of the Earl until 8 March 1345. They say that the manor was then taken into the king's hands, and that Edward and Alice entered the said two parts without licence. The third part of the manor is in the hands of the Countess of Norfolk by way of dower, and that the manor is held of the king by service as marshall, and valued at 10 marks per annum.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Abingdon, [Oxfordshire]
Oxfordshire
Berkshire
Hamstead Marshall, Berkshire.
People mentioned
John de Alveton, escheator of Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Edward III, King of England
John Brous, juror
John Bysshop (Bishop), juror
Robert Lok, juror
John de Colle, juror
Adam atte Castel, juror
Robert de Worth, juror
John de Bekcote, juror
Thomas Underwode (Underwood) , juror
John le Graunger, juror
Thomas Wodeby, juror
Walter Sewale, juror
Thomas de Batesford, juror
Edward II, King of England
Thomas [de Brotherton], late Earl of Norfolk and Marshal of England
[William de Montacute], Earl of Salisbury
Edward [Montacute]
Alice [Montacute], wife of Edward Montacute.
Note
Dated in the dating clause to 1 August 1345
Related material

For a related grant see SC 8/278/13885

For a related inquisition see SC 8/278/13883

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

For a related petition see SC 8/278/13878

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
Latin
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/C9517829/

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