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Missing - a note on the guard suggests Jean de la More, daughter of Thomas de la...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/339/15988

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Reference
SC 8/339/15988
Date
[c. 1400]
Description
Petitioners
Missing - a note on the guard suggests Jean de la More, daughter of Thomas de la More
Name(s)
More, Jean
Addressees
[Missing]
Nature of request
[This petition is fragmentary] . . . heir she is, and the said Peter died . . . within this year without an heir of his body and then the said Alice . . . the said manors, claiming them . . . the said Peter. And . . . the king because of the said petitioner's minority, and notwithstanding . . . of the king's right and to the disinheritance of the said Joan . . . knight, John Chaundos, knight, John ap Herry, Sheriff of the same . . . by the said Peter to the said Roger Nassh, Robert Nicholas and Robert . . . fine or in another manner, and which of them died last and from which . . . and if the said Thomas is dead, and who is his next heir, and of what age, and of the value . . . the king's right and the said petitioner's inheritance in this matter . . . can for the profit of the king, and this because John Maunce, Escheator of the said . . . to grant a writ to the Sheriff of Herefordshire, to have the said Hugh and Roger . . . said manors and have occupied them after they were seized into the king's hand . . . the said manors to the use and profit of our said lord the king in the meantime, for God and as a work of charity . . . of the said petitioner.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Herefordshire.
People mentioned
[Thomas de la More]
Peter . . .
Alice . . .
John Chaundos, knight
John ap Herry (ap Harry), Sheriff of [Hereforshire]
Roger Nassh (Nash)
Robert Nicholas
Robert . . .
John Maunce (Manns), Escheator of [Herefordshire].
Note
John Manns was Escheator of Herefordshire between 26 November 1399 and 24 November 1400, and John ap Harry was Sheriff of Herefordshire between 3 November 1399 and 24 November 1400, which would seem to date this petition to that year or shortly afterwards.
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/C9736469/

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