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Description
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Petitioners:
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John filz
Nicole (FitzNicholas) of London, esquire; Henry Vanner, citizen of London.
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Name(s):
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filz Nicole
(FitzNicholas); Vanner, John; Henry
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Addressees:
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King.
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Nature of
request:
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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.
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Nature of
endorsement:
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[None].
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Places
mentioned:
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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.
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People
mentioned:
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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.
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Date
derivation:
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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).
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