Catalogue description Petitioners: Robert de Walkefare. Name(s): de Walkefare, Robert Addressees: ...

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Details of SC 8/150/7481
Reference: SC 8/150/7481
Description:
Petitioners: Robert de Walkefare.
Name(s): de Walkefare, Robert
Addressees: King and council.
Nature of request: Robert de Walkefare states that he holds the manor of Isleham in Cambridgeshire, which used to have view of frankpledge until, in the time of Robert's father, John de Walkefare, the King's Bailiff of Staploe hundred accroached this view to Edward I. He requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement: Because the petition says that the King's grandfather was seised of the view, and the King's father also, and that the present King found his crown seised of it, the council is not advised at present to do anything in right of the things contained here.
Places mentioned: Isleham, Cambridgeshire; Staploe hundred, Cambridgeshire.
People mentioned: Henry Fitz Robert; John de Walkefare, father of petitioner; [Edward I], King of England; [Edward II], King of England.
Note: From the content, this petition must date from the reign of Edward III. Walkefare was one of the rebels whose estates were seized in the aftermath of Thomas de Lancaster's revolt, and parts of Isleham were in the king's hands subsequently and were granted away. Walkefare was back in possession by 1330, as is shown by a licence to enclose some land in Isleham granted to him on 5 December 1300 (CPR 1330-4 p.21). The endorsement to the less specific SC 8/2/85 suggests that this petition may well be a follow-up, clarifying his request.
Date: [c. 1330]
Related material:

For another petition by the same petitioner concerning Isleham, see SC 8/160/7977

For another petition by the same petitioner on this matter, see SC 8/2/85
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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