Close Rolls, Edward III: December 1363

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 11, 1360-1364. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1909.

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'Close Rolls, Edward III: December 1363', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 11, 1360-1364, (London, 1909) pp. 508. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol11/p508 [accessed 28 March 2024]

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December 1363

1363. Dec. 6.
Westminster.
To John de Tye escheator in Middlesex. Order to remove the king's hand and not to intermeddle further with the manor and advowson of Sheperton, delivering to Alice who was wife to John de Bello Campo of Somersete tenant in chief any issues of the said manor taken; as lately it was found by inquisition, taken by the escheator at the king's command, that the said John at his death held the same in chief in his demesne as of fee; and after at the suit of the said Alice, alleging that John was not so seised at his death, but long before his death thereof enfeoffed Margaret de Beauchamp, William de Monketon, Thomas Fichet, Matthew de Clyvedon, Thomas Fraunceys, Thomas Fitz James and Richard Molyns, to hold to them and their heirs, and that they gave the said manor and advowson to the said Alice for life, without that that John at his death had anything therein, and praying that the king's hand might be removed, the king ordered the escheator to make inquisition touching the premises; and by inquisition so made it is found that John did not die thereof siesed in his demesne as of fee, but long before his death, namely on Monday before Michaelmas in the 35th year of the reign, enfeoffed the said Margaret and the others named of the said manor and advowson as aforesaid, that they were thereof seised in his life time by virtue of that feoffment, that the tenants of the said manor attorned tenants to them, and that after they gave the same to Alice for life, so that John at his death had nothing therein.