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by petition the recovery of Berwick Basset and the presentation 
to the church there, ravished from them by Hugh le Despencer 
the elder; but, though the petition was duly enrolled, no one would 
move in the affair, because the manor in question was in the 
Queen’s hands. Response: Let the Inquisition come into Chancery. 
Five years later, unable to obtain justice, the Abbat makes a 
more lengthy appeal, detailing all his efforts and their fruitless 
results. The Response this time is an order to Master Geoffrey 
Serope, who it appears held the record and process in his hand, to 
surrender the same, in order that the affair might receive a renewed 
hearing before the Court. Rolls of Parliament, 2nd and 7th Edward 
III. 
SHerRincton. Juliana, Isabella, and Emma, heiresses of John 
Ken of Sherrington, come before the King and council and make 
the following appeal :—That, whereas their ancestors were seised of 
a messuage and forty acres of land with appurtenances at Sher- 
rington, yet Hugh le Despencer, Earl of Winchester, by his great 
lordliness and power had dispossessed the petitioners, so that neither 
by law nor by favor could they approach their possessions. There- 
fore they pray remedy, in consideration of their poverty and long 
disinherison. Response: Let the muniments of Sir Hugh be 
searched, and if nothing appear to bar the petition, the King will 
grant them right. Ibid anno incerto. 
Braven Foresr. The Guardians and Brethren of the Hospital 
of St. John at Cricklade, aver that by royal charter they have 
ever enjoyed free cheminage, going or coming, in Braden Forest, 
for the transport of firewood, charcoal, or sand; which right Hugh 
le Despencer has disturbed. Granted. bid. 
Leprarp Trecoz. Henry at Hok having purchased a messuage 
and plough-land at Lediard Tregoz, and two rent-charges (southe 
de rente) in Cricklade, Master Hugh le Despencer the elder came, 
with force and arms to his residence, and on no other plea than 
that the lands so purchased were contiguous to his (Despencer’s) 
Manor of Fasterne, took the petitioner prisoner, tied his hands 
behind him, and caused him to be led to his prison at Fasterne, 
where he kept him a whole week, till he induced him to make a 
