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Description
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Petitioners:
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Thomas
Bradefeld (Bradfield); Isabel Bradfield, wife of Thomas Bradfield, and
cousin and heir of Robert Avenell.
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Name(s):
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Bradefeld
(Bradfield); Bradfield, Thomas; Isabel
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Addressees:
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King.
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Nature of
request:
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Thomas and
Isabel Bradefeld request remedy because she is the rightful heir of Robert
Avenell. Edmund Avenell held the manor of Crux Easton with the advowson of
its church of the gift of John Avenell, and when Edmund died without heir
male the manor and advowson descended to Robert Avenell, John's son and
heir who was then six years of age, and because the manor and advowson were
held of the manor of Shute which was in the King's hand because of the
minority of John son of John de Lisle, the manor and advowson were also
seized into the King's hand. Edmund also held a messuage and land in
Gamlingay by the gift of William Avenell, which lands also descended to
Robert upon Edmund's death. The bishop of Lincoln occupied these lands and
for £40 paid in Chancery had letters patent of Robert's marriage with the
keeping of the manor of Crux Eaton and its advowson during the Robert's
minority which he then granted to Belknap along with the lands in
Gamlingay, all of which were seized into the King's hand by Belknap's conviction
and forfeiture.
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Nature of
endorsement:
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[None].
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Places
mentioned:
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Hampshire;
Crux Easton, [Hampshire]; Shute, [Devon]; Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire;
Lincoln, [Lincolnshire].
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People
mentioned:
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Robert
Avenell; Edmund Avenell, knight; John Avenell, father of Robert Avenell;
John [de Lisle], son of John de Lisle; John de Lisle; William Avenell;
[John Buckingham], Bishop of Lincoln; Robert Bealknapp (Belknap), knight.
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Date
derivation:
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Dated on the
guard to 1391, with reference to CPR 1388-92, pp. 443-4, commissions to
enquire and certify in accordance with this petition. This is also the date
of the Chancery warrant with which it was formerly enclosed (C 81/522
no.6968).
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