1358 - John Petyt of Cornwall

Record
Date	1358
Topic	Lands of outlawed tenant to revert to Cornwall knight John Petyt.

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Cornwall.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-11-19. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-07-22.

Record

[10 July 1358:]
To the sheriff of Cornwall. Order to cause John Petyt, knight, to have seisin of 2 messuages and 2 acres of Cornish land in Trenans, which John Rogeron of Trenans held, who was outlawed for felony, it is said, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the sheriff that the said tenements have been in the king's hand for a year and a day, that John held them of John Petyt, and that Robert de Elford, late sheriff, had the year and day thereof and ought to answer therefor to the king.

Source notes

Membrane 15 of the Close Roll for 32 Edward III. Marginal note: "July 10. Westminster".

Lists

• Not included in Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.

Sources

• [Hinds, Allen B., ed.; Bird, W.H.B., ed.; Maxwell-Lyte, Henry Churchill, introd.]. Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public record Office: Edward III. Vol. X. A.D. 1354-1360 (London, 1908), p. 461.

Also see

• John Petit of Cornwall (links)
• Persons named Little John (links).

Notes

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