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Hugh de Courtenay. de Courtenay Hugh King and council. Hugh de Courtenay states that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/6/283

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Reference
SC 8/6/283
Date
[1321-1322]
Description
Petitioners
Hugh de Courtenay.
Name(s)
de Courtenay, Hugh
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Hugh de Courtenay states that Matthew son of John and his ancestors held the manor of Stoke, with its appurtenances, of Hugh and his ancestors, of the honour of Plympton, from time immemorial, through homage, fealty, the services of a knight's fee, and suit of his court of Plympton every three weeks. The manor came into the hand of the king's father because of Matthew's wrongdoing, and he gave it to Ralph de Monthermer and the heirs of his body legitimately begotten, to hold of the king, thus ousting Hugh, and barring him from his true possession and his services. He requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.He is to demand his service from Ralph at common law.
Places mentioned
Stok (Stoke), [Devon]
Plympton, [Devon].
People mentioned
Matthew son of John (Fitz John)
Edward [I], king of England
Ralph de Monthermer.
Note
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).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1587
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.405b-406a, no.107 (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.107 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060405/

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