Catalogue description Petitioners: John Bussy (Busshy) and Maud Bussy (Busshy), his wife. Name(s): ...

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Details of SC 8/222/11086
Reference: SC 8/222/11086
Description:
Petitioners: John Bussy (Busshy) and Maud Bussy (Busshy), his wife.
Name(s): Bussy (Busshy); Bussy (Busshy), John; Maud
Addressees: King.
Nature of request: John and Maud Bussy request that the king order the chancellor to assign dower to them on certain lands in Yorkshire formerly held by William de Cantilupe, late husband of Maud, which have not previously been assigned and which the chancellor will not apportion without specific orders from the king.
Nature of endorsement: [on face] The king has granted this for a reasonable fine.Pole.
Places mentioned: Farnham, [West Riding of] Yorkshire; Doketlofthous (Loftus Hill), [West Riding of] Yorkshire; Staveley, [West Riding of] Yorkshire; Knaresborough, [West Riding of] Yorkshire; Bychehill (Beech Hill), [West Riding of] Yorkshire; Yorkshire.
People mentioned: William de Cantiliew (Cantilupe), knight, former husband of Maud Bussy; Escheator of Yorkshire; Thomas de Kydale, former husband of Maud Bussy; [Michael de la] Pole.
Note: The petitioners were pardoned for marrying without licence on 27 October 1382, and an order was issued to the escheator of Yorkshire on the same day to assign dower on these lands.
Date: [1382]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1920), p.171 (order to the escheator of Yorkshire to assign dower on these lands in the presence of the heirs)

Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.185 (pardon to the petitioners for marrying without licence)

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