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Brother Roger, Prior of Michelham. Roger King and council. Prior of Michelham Brother...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/294/14688

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SC 8/294/14688
Date
[1279]
Description
Petitioners
Brother Roger, Prior of Michelham.
Name(s)
Roger
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Prior of Michelham
Nature of request
Brother Roger, Prior of Michelham, states that Prior Roger, the prior third before him, purchased from John de la Haye, father of the present John, 50 acres of land with appurtenances in Arlington, for himself and his . . . and successors, which lands fell to John de la Haye as escheats. And it has now been presented before the justices in eyre in Sussex that John de la Haye held this land of the king in chief, so that the justices have taken it into the king's hand and expelled the prior. He requests grace and a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
The justices in eyre are to be written to, to write to the king with the need and the cause of the seizing.
Places mentioned
Michelham, Sussex
Arlington, [Sussex].
People mentioned
Roger, Prior of Michelham
John de la Haye
John [de la Haye], son of John de la Haye.
Note
Instructions to take into the king's hand the lands of John de la Haye, deceased, including Arlington, dated 19 July 1274, are found on CFR 1272-1307 p.25; and the next eyre in Sussex was in 1279. This coincides with a brother Roger, who was Prior of Michelham between 1277 and 1288.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735851/

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