1388-10-16, Cambridge

Order date: inferred Regnal year 12 Richard II · Richard II · Fine Rolls · Membrane 23

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Dated in source: “Oct. 16” · Place: Cambridge (Cambridgeshire)

Manuscript The National Archives, series C 60, membrane 23 (class as printed in the calendar; consult AALT/TNA for the original roll)

Order to John Sibill, escheator in the counties of Cambridge Huntingdon, to cause John, son and heir of John Knyvet, chivaler, and Eleanor, his wife, to have full seisin of all the lands Eleanor, who survived her husband, held of the king in on the day of her death, as well as those which she held in or otherwise for life of the inheritance of the said heir ; as the king has taken the heir's homage and fealty. By p.s. Order in like terms to Walter Scarle, escheator in the county of Northampton. By the same writ.

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