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Philip le Despenser. Despenser Philip King. Philip le Despenser states that Hugh...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/293/14611

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SC 8/293/14611
Date
[c. 1346]
Description
Petitioners
Philip le Despenser.
Name(s)
Despenser, Philip
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Philip le Despenser states that Hugh le Despenser the father, his grandfather, gave and granted to Philip his son, Philip's father, certain lands and tenements, namely Barrow in Cheshire, Parlington in Yorkshire, Alkborough in Lincolnshire, for Philip and the heirs of his body to have and hold. [The rest of the petition is obscured by conservation work, but it would appear that Philip re-enfeoffed Hugh with these manors, and that they were then seized into the hand of the king.]
Nature of endorsement
[On face] In camera.[On dorse] If the tenements are in another hand than the hand of the king, he is to sue at common law.
Places mentioned
Barowe (Barrow), Cheshire
Parlington, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
Alkborough, Lincolnshire.
People mentioned
Hugh le Despenser the father
Philip [le Despenser], father of Philip le Despenser.
Note
Dated on the basis of the hand and content. It is clear that the case involving Parlington was especially complicated: the petition seems to be earlier than CCR 1346-9 p.40, dated 11 February 1346, and pp.223-224, dated 8 June 1347.
Related material

For a related petition, see SC 8/244/12159

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1346-1349, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.40 (instructions to allow the petitioner to proceed in a case concerning Parlington, without rendering judgment) & pp.223-224 (instructions to render judgment)
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