Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

Hugh de Pleysingho (Plesingho, son of Christina de Plesingho. de Pleysingho (Plesingho...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/9/413

What’s it about?

This record is about the Hugh de Pleysingho (Plesingho, son of Christina de Plesingho. de Pleysingho (Plesingho... dating from [1281-1307] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Is it available online?

Yes, this record is available online and can be downloaded. How to view it.

Can I see it in person?

No, this record is not available to see in person at The National Archives. Other ways to view it.

Full description and record details

Reference
SC 8/9/413
Date
[1281-1307]
Description
Petitioners
Hugh de Pleysingho (Plesingho, son of Christina de Plesingho.
Name(s)
de Pleysingho (Plesingho, Hugh
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Hugh, son of Christina de Pleysingho, states that his mother was given a messuage, ten acres of land and an acre and a half of meadow in Skeffling in Holderness, for her and her heirs, by her father, William de Pleysingho, and that she was in seisin of these for a long time, as all the area knows. But she left the area, and while she was away, one John de Pleysingho entered the tenements and disseised her of them, and gave them to the count of Aumale. After the earl's death the king seized these lands with the others which were his. Hugh requests a writ to the escheator north of the Trent to enquire into his right, and to do grace and remedy in accordance with the inquisition.
Nature of endorsement
Coram toto consilio.Coram rege.He is to have a writ to the escheator north of the Trent to enquire etc., and he is to inform the king of what he finds.
Places mentioned
Skyftlyng (Skeffling), [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Holderness, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Christina de Pleysingho (Plesingho), mother of petitioner
William de Pleysingho (Plesingho), grandfather of petitioner
John de Pleysingho (Plesingho)
[Thomas de Forz], count of Aumale.
Note
Thomas de Forz, count of Aumale, died in 1269. Escheators north and south of the Trent were discontinued in November 1275 and reinstated in November 1281. On the basis of the handwriting this petition has been dated to this later period, but before the death of Edward I.
Related material

For transcript, see p.114 of PRO 31/7/93

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6784
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), p.462b, no.14 (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060539/

How to order it

  1. View this record page in our current catalogue
  2. Check viewing and downloading options
  3. Select an option and follow instructions
View this record page

Series information

SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

74,884 records

Within the department: SC

Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...

18,283 records

Within the series: SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

51 records

Within the piece: SC 8/9

401-450. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item level.

You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/9/413

Hugh de Pleysingho (Plesingho, son of Christina de Plesingho. de Pleysingho (Plesingho...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.