Catalogue description Petitioners: John le White of Thorley. Name(s): White, John Addressees: ...

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Details of SC 8/147/7313

Reference:

SC 8/147/7313

Description:

Petitioners:	John le White of Thorley.
Name(s):	White, John
Addressees:	King and council.
Nature of request:	John le White of Thorley states that when the King granted him the keeping of the manors of Thorley and Wellow on the Isle of Wight for the term of twelve years, he spent a lot of his money stocking the manors and providing for his cultivation, but that when he had done so, the King gave the manors to Hugh le Despenser, without reason and contrary to the terms of his commission. He requests an allowance for his costs and expenses, or, in compensation, an allowance for a debt of £71 for goods and chattels found in the manors, with which he is charged in the Exchequer.
Nature of endorsement:	[None]
Places mentioned:	Thorley, [Hampshire]; Wellow, [Hampshire]; Isle of Wight, [Hampshire].
People mentioned:	Hugh le Despenser.

Note:

CPR 1330-4 pp.377-378 is dated 16 December 1332. The petition must date from shortly after this.

Date:

[c. 1333]

Held by:

The National Archives, Kew

Legal status:

Public Record(s)

Language:

French

Closure status:

Open Document, Open Description

Publication note:

Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), pp.377-378 (grant of these manors to Hugh le Despenser)

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