Description

Petitioners:

John filz Nicole (FitzNicholas) of London, esquire; Henry Vanner, citizen of London.

Name(s):

filz Nicole (FitzNicholas); Vanner, John; Henry

Addressees:

King.

Nature of request:

Filz Nicole and Vanner recount that in the octave of Trinity in the eighth year of the King's reign [1385], by fine levied before Belknap and the other justices of the Common Bench between Cobham, Walworth (who died in December of the same year), Waltham, Exton, William son of Robert Cheyne, Rickhill, Bere, Brown, Leche and the petitioners, plaintiffs, and Brembre and Chamberlain, defendants, Brembre and Chamberlain acknowledged that the manors of Charles, Rowhill and Halwell and lands and rents in Dartford, Stone, Wilmington, Bexley, Crayford, Stanham, Darenth, North Darenth, South Darenth, St Mary Cray, Foots Cray, North Cray, Sutton at Hone and Horton Kirby were the right of Bere and held by the plaintiffs by their grant, for which cognition the plaintiffs granted and surrendered the said lands and rents to Brembre for life, with the remainder to the plaintiffs. Cobham, Waltham, Exton, Cheyne and Rickhill later released all their interest in the said lands and rents to the petitioners and Bere, and then Bere, Brown and Lech released all their interest in the same to the petitioners, their heirs and assigns, and although Brembre only had an estate for life in the said lands and rents, yet by the judgment against him in parliament at Westminster in the eleventh year of the King's reign [1388], they were seized into the King's hands. The petitioners request restitution of the said lands and rents, with the issues and profits received since Brembre's death.

Nature of endorsement:

[None].

Places mentioned:

London; Paternosterchirche (St Michael Paternoster Royal), London; Oxfordshire; Charles, [Devon]; Rowhill, [Kent]; Halwell, [Devon]; Dartford, Kent; Stone, Kent; Wilmington, Kent; Bexley, Kent; Crayford, Kent; Stanham, Kent; Darenth, Kent; North Darenth, Kent; South Darenth, Kent; St Mary Cray, Kent; Foots Cray, Kent; North Cray, Kent; Sutton at Hone, Kent; Horton near Sutton at Hone (Horton Kirby), Kent; Westminster.

People mentioned:

Robert Belknap, justice of the Common Bench; John de Cobeham (Cobham), knight; William Waleworthe (Walworth), knight; John Waltham, clerk; Nicholas de Exton, citizen of London; William [Cheyne], son of Robert Cheyne; Robert Cheyne; William Rychull (Rickhill); Thomas de Bere, parson of St Michael Paternoster Royal, London; Thomas Broun (Brown), citizen of London; Nicholas Leche of Oxfordshire; Nicholas Brember (Brembre), knight; John Chamberlein (Chamberlain), chaplain.

Date derivation:

Dated on the guard to 1390, with reference to CPR 1388-92, p. 218, a commission to enquire into the matter of this petition. This is also the date of the Chancery warrant with which it was formerly enclosed (C 81/515 no.6240).

Date

1390

Catalogue reference

SC 8/250/12480

Dept

Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly entitled Special Collections

Series

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

Piece

12451-12500. Individual petitions are described and dated at Item level.

Image contains

1 item for the catalogue reference

 

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