1354-12-01, Westminster
Order to deliver the of Quenhull to the nearest friend of the heirs to whom it cannot by hereditary right, together with the issues thereof, to be kept the heir's use, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the that by reason of the death of Joan late the wife of John de tenant in chief, and by reason of the minority of Elizabeth, daughter and heir, who died a minor in the king's wardship, the manor is in the king's hand, and it is held in chief by the service of a brach (canem de moeta) at the exchequer, and that Margaret Jueta, Joan's daughters, are the next heirs of John and Elizabeth, and Margaret is aged eight years and Jueta five years and more.
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