Catalogue description Petitioners: Cecilia Denefeld, widow of John Denefeld. Name(s): Denefeld,...

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Details of SC 8/213/10626
Reference: SC 8/213/10626
Description:
Petitioners: Cecilia Denefeld, widow of John Denefeld.
Name(s): Denefeld, Cecilia
Addressees: Council.
Nature of request: Cecilia recounts that her late husband purchased from Thornedone the manor of Ewelme for £200 for which seisin was delivered to him and to Larke, Stygant and Simon Denefeld, who promised to do his will in the manor, by virtue of which feoffment they were all seised of the manor and John Denefeld received its issues and profits. Larke then died and John Denefeld, being very ill and fearing for his life, asked Simon to make sure that the estate would belong to Cecilia and his heirs forever, so that after his death Cecilia could pay his debts, provide for his children and arrange suitable marriages for his two daughters, and that after this had been accomplished she should enfeoff the manor to Miles and his heirs who would pay 40s. yearly to William, so that if Miles died without heir the manor would go to William and his heirs forever, all of which Simon refused to do. John, thinking he did not have long to live, went to his parish church of Twineham and in the presence of the parson and all the parishioners declared that it was his will that after his death Simon and Stygant should enfeoff the manor to Cecilia and his heirs forever and asked them to bear witness to this in the future, which the parson and parishioners agreed to do. John then died and Cecilia asked Simon and Stygant to enfeoff the manor to her, but they refused. The petitioner requests that the council order Simon Denefeld and Stygant to appear before them to be examined on this matter.
Nature of endorsement: [None].
Places mentioned: Ewelme [unidentified], Sussex; Twineham, [Sussex].
People mentioned: John Denefeld, late husband of the petitioner; Thomas de Thornedone; John Larke, clerk; Gilbert Stygant, clerk; Simon Denefeld; Miles [Denefeld], son of John Denefeld; William [Denefeld], younger son of John Denefeld.
Note: Dated to c. 1397-c. 1399 on the basis of SC 8/212/10599, another petition on this same issue. The manor, given as 'Ewelme', is specified as lying in Sussex, but has not been identified.
Date: [c. 1397-c. 1399]
Related material:

For a related petition see SC 8/212/10599
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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