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George de Bristmerston (Brigmerston). de Bristmerston (Brigmerston) George King and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/5/227

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Reference
SC 8/5/227
Date
[1322]
Description
Petitioners
George de Bristmerston (Brigmerston).
Name(s)
de Bristmerston (Brigmerston), George
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
George de Bristmerston states that he leased his manor of Haxton to Phillip de la Beche, for the term of his life, on payment of a robe and a hundred shillings each year and food and drink for himself, a servant and a horse, and the said manor is now in the king's hand through Phillip's forfeiture. He requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
As Phillip is in prison, he is to await his release.
Places mentioned
Hakeneston (Haxton), Wiltshire.
People mentioned
Phillip de la Becche (Beche, Beech)).
Note
The petition is dated to 1322 because it is clearly in the aftermath of the baronial revolt of 1322.One of a collection of petitions published on pages 387ff of Rot. Parl., vol I., which all seem to date from around 1322. This dating is confirmed by PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp. 387-415, which dates these petitions to 15 or 16 Edward II (1321-1323).CCR 1318-1323 p.580 is dated at York, 20 July 1322.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/5/233

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 458
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.580 (order to Henry de Percy, constable of Scarborough castle, to receive Philip de la Beche and other prisoners (and also an order to Thomas Deyvill, constable of Pontefract castle, to receive Philip de la Beche and other prisoners)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.395b, no.47 (full edition of original petition)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl., vol. I, pp. 387-415, no. 47 (summary of references)
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