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John de Veer (Vere), Earl of Oxford. de Veer (Vere), Earl of Oxford John King and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/16/754

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Reference
SC 8/16/754
Date
[1331]
Description
Petitioners
John de Veer (Vere), Earl of Oxford.
Name(s)
de Veer (Vere), Earl of Oxford, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
John de Veer, Earl of Oxford, states that King Henry II granted to his ancestor, that he and his heirs would always be the chief Chamberlains of the kings of England, which office they held, confirmed by the king's progenitors, until Henry III removed Robert de Veer, the present earl's grandfather, from the post without award or judgment. Robert de Veer, his son and heir, sued from parliament to parliament for a remedy, and in the last parliament, held at Westminster in the fourth year of the present king's reign, a writ was sent to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer that they were to search the remembrances there for evidence against the earl; but this writ was not returned or sued, because of the death of Robert. The new earl now requests that the king and his council consider the charters and muniments which he has for this office, and ordain that a remedy be given him.
Nature of endorsement
He is to sue as was ordained before, to have the remembrances of the Exchequer searched.
People mentioned
Henry [II], King of England
Henry III, King of England
Aubrey de Veer (Vere), Earl of Oxford
Robert de Veer (Vere), Earl of Oxford, grandfather of petitioner
Robert de Veer (Vere), Earl of Oxford, uncle of petitioner.
Note
The parliament at Westminster in 4 Edward III, would be the one held on 26 November 1330. Robert de Vere died on 17 April 1331.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8308
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • History of the Great Chamberlainship of England, G.J. Townsend, (Melanges d'Histoire offerts a M. Charles, 1934), p.86 (Appendix V) (full translation of petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.397a-b (no.109) (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060895/

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