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Benedicta de Dun, widow and executor of Walter de Lillebon. de Dun Benedicta [Not...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/308/15363

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Reference
SC 8/308/15363
Date
[c. 1283]
Description
Petitioners
Benedicta de Dun, widow and executor of Walter de Lillebon.
Name(s)
de Dun, Benedicta
Addressees
[Not specified].
Nature of request
Benedicta, who had the wardship and marriage of William, son of Philip de Cotes, from Robert, requests remedy because the sheriff of Wiltshire demanded £40 from her because of this wardship and said that William de Cotes the grandfather should have the said £40 for the keeping of the castle of Devises, and that she may have respite until the heir comes of age at Michaelmas in one year's time.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Salisbury, [Wiltshire]
Wiltshire
Devizes, [Wiltshire].
People mentioned
Walter de Lillebon (Lisle)
William [de Cotes], son and heir of Philip de Cotes
Philip de Cotes
Robert, steward of the bishop of Salisbury
bishop of Salisbury
sheriff of Wiltshire
William de Cotes, father of Philip de Cotes and grandfather of William de Cotes.
Note
The petition dates to c. 1283. The King appointed two commissions of oyer and terminer, dated 1283 and 1285 respectively, into the persons who ejected William and Benedicta de Dun and the other executors of Lillebon's will from their custody of the land and heir of Philip de Cotes. In the latter reference William de Lillebon is referred to as William de Insula.
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 I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), pp.75-6 (1283 oyer and terminer into persons who ejected William and Benedicta de Dun and other executors of Lillebon's will from custody of land and heir of Philip de Cotes) & p.209 (1285 oyer and terminer into persons who ejected William and Benedicta de Dun and other executors of William de Insula's will from custody of land and heir of Philip de Cotes)
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