1373-11-09, Westminster

To the same. Like order, upon the petition of the said John and Joan, in a plea concerning the manor of Norton Skydemore ; as their petition shews that they are suing for the said manor against the prioress of Derteford, averring that Simon late bishop of Ely and William de Langeleye late parson of Rungewode gave the same to Roger Bavent knight and Hawise his wife and to the heirs of their bodies, and that by the form of the gift that manor ought to descend to the said Joan as daughter and heir of the said Roger and Hawise, and shews that the prioress in her pleading alleged that the king by letters patent gave the said manor, by name of the manor of Norton, to Wiliam de Thorp and William de Pek for their lives, with remainder after their death to the prioress and sisters of that house and to their successors in aid of their maintenance, and that by reason of that grant she may not without the king make answer, shewing that by colour of this allegation the justices have hitherto deferred to proceed in that plea.