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People of the commonalty of the land of England. King and council. The people request...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/321/E496

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Reference
SC 8/321/E496
Date
[1341-1343]
Description
Petitioners
People of the commonalty of the land of England.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The people request that the king will make a declaration upon the first article of the [statute de donis] Statute of Westminster II of conditional gifts [reciting a substantial part of the article of the statute] as it is believed by some that the effect of the article does not prevent them from alienating and barring their heirs or the heirs of the donor when the article was intended for those enfeoffed to them and the heirs of their body, or to individuals, their wives and the heirs from their bodies
Nature of endorsement
The petition is founded on a false cause, therefore nothing.
e note on the dating given by Sayles (SCCKB, vol.III, p.cxx (note 1)).
Note
The petition has been dated to 1341-1343 on the basis of the reference, struck-through, to the quinzene of Easter, parliament in April in those years being approximately right for the endorsement. For further information see the note on the dating given by Sayles (SCCKB, vol.III, p.cxx (note 1)).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), pp.227, 230 (article of petition and response on same matter)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.149b (no.10) (the same matter included in an item in a lengthy common petition with a different response)
  • Select Cases in the Court of King's Bench, vol. III, Edw I, Ed. G.O. Sayles, (Selden Society, vol. LVIII, 1939), p.cxx (entry m) (full edition of petition)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Parliament of April 1341, appendix no.1 (brief summary of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529548/

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