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Robert de Morle Morley, kinsman and heir of Robert de Mohaut. de Morle Morley Robert...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/293/14638

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SC 8/293/14638
Date
[c. 1330]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Morle Morley, kinsman and heir of Robert de Mohaut.
Name(s)
de Morle Morley, Robert
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Robert de Morle, kinsman and heir of Robert de Mohaut, states that a fine was made between Henry de Clyf and Robert de Mohaut and Emma his wife, by which Robert acknowledged that certain tenements were the right of Henry de Clyf, who then granted them to Robert and Emma and the heirs male of their bodies, with remainder to Isabella, Queen of England for term of life, if they died without heirs male of their bodies, and then to John de Eltham and the heirs of his body, and, if he should die without an heir of his body, to the king and his heirs. Therefore, after Robert de Mohaut's death, the escheator seized all his lands, tenements, fees and advowsons, into the king's hand, both those included in the fine and the others. Emma then sued the tenements contained in the fine out of the king's hand, but the escheator retained the others, by reason of the reversion of those in the fine. Robert has therefore sued for an inquisition into what tenements not included in the fine Robert died seised of, and into whether he is the next heir.
Nature of endorsement
He is to sue a writ of diem clausit extremum.
People mentioned
Robert de Mohaut
Henry de Clyf
Emma [de Mohaut], wife of Robert de Mohaut
Isabella [of France], Queen of England
John de Eltham.
Note
The inquisition post mortem for Robert de Mohaut (CIPM, vol. VII no. 471) states that he died on the Tuesday after Christmas day 3 Edward III (26 December 1329), and the writ for the inquisition is dated 15 September 6 Edward III (1332). The petition must therefore date from after December 1329, and probably from c. 1332.
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 Post Mortem, vol. VII, 1-9 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1909), no.471 (inquisition post mortem for Robert de Mohaut)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735800/

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