Hugh Ridell (Riddel), son and heir of Geoffrey Riddel. Ridell (Riddel) Hugh King...

Petitioners

Hugh Ridell (Riddel), son and heir of Geoffrey Riddel.

Name(s)

Ridell (Riddel), Hugh

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Ridell shows that his father held the manor of Cranstoun in chief of the king by the service of finding an armed man to serve with him in the Scottish war. The king was seised of this service by his father until he was driven out by the Scots for his allegiance to the king. After the death of his father Ridell has made the service for the manor to the king at his own cost without having the profit of the manor so that he requests that he may be able to have, hold and enjoy the manor as his inheritance as his ancestors held it.

Nature of endorsement

He should come before the council and explain the matter contained in the petition.

Places mentioned

[Scotland]

Cranstoun Riddel, [Midlothian, Scotland].

People mentioned

Geoffrey Ridell (Riddel), father of the petitioner.

For a petition by the petitioner's grandfather, see SC 8/138/6852

For a petition by the petitioner's father, see SC 8/334/E1127

• Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. III, 1307-1357, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1888), p.217 (no.1190) (calendar of duplicate petition)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.190b-191a (no.65) (full edition of a later copy 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), parliament of January-February 1348, appendix, no. 67 (summary of petition)