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Richard de Emeldon. de Emeldon Richard King and council. Emeldon, to whom Edward...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/332/15785A

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Reference
SC 8/332/15785A
Date
[c. 1329]
Description
Petitioners
Richard de Emeldon.
Name(s)
de Emeldon, Richard
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Emeldon, to whom Edward II granted the manor of Silksworth so that neither he nor his heirs could be evicted before he was provided with land worth £30 yearly, requests remedy because Holland has put in question the manor by reason of a fined levied in the bishop's court in which Thomas, late earl of Lancaster acknowledges the manor to belong to Holland and Holland leased the manor to the earl for life.
Nature of endorsement
Because the petition testifies that Emeldon is seised of the manor of Edward II's gift, and by award of Parliament it is agreed that neither Emeldon nor anyone else seised of Holland's lands be troubled without answering at the common law, and then if Emeldon is empleaded of this, he can be assisted by the King's charter and the King will take advice so he will not lose.
Places mentioned
Silksworth, County Durham
Scotland.
People mentioned
Edward [II], King of England
Robert de Holand (Holland)
[Lewis de Beaumont], bishop of Durham
Thomas [Plantagenet], Earl of Lancaster.
Note
Dated to c. 1329 by Fraser, Northern Petitions, pp. 258-9 (no.192).
Related material

For the confirmation mentioned within see SC 8/332/15785B

For a related petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/332/15784A

For related letters patent see SC 8/332/15784B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.258-9 (no.192) (edition of petition with references)
Record URL
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