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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Plays, knight. Plays John King. John Plays, kinsman and heir of Aveline, who...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/20/974
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This record is about the John Plays, knight. Plays John King. John Plays, kinsman and heir of Aveline, who... dating from [c. 1380-c. 1384] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/20/974
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1380-c. 1384]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Plays, knight.
- Name(s)
- Plays, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- John Plays, kinsman and heir of Aveline, who was the wife of Edmund, brother of King Edward I, states that Aveline was seised in her demesne as in fee of the manors of Langley and Wraysbury, which are held of the king in chief by knight service, and died seised of them without an heir of her body, at which time they were seized into King Edward's hands, as the heir, Ralph son of Richard de Plays, was under age. The right has descended, through a long line of descent set out in the petition, to John Plays, who requests that the king order justice and reason to be done as law and justice demand, or that he order his justices to examine the record and process, and further inform himself, in order to do what pleases him, on the advice of his council.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Langeleye (Langley Marish), [Buckinghamshire]
- Wyrardesbury (Wraysbury), [Buckinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- Aveline [de Forz], wife of Edmund Crouchback
- Edmund [Crouchback, Earl of Leicester]
- Edward [I], King of England
- Henry [III], King of England
- Aveline [de Forz], mother of Aveline
- Philippa [de Plays], sister of Aveline (the elder)
- Richard de Plays
- Ralph [de Plays], son of Richard de Plays
- Giles [de Plays], brother of Ralph de Plays
- Richard [de Plays], son of Giles de Plays
- Richard [de Plays], son of Richard de Plays.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Rot. Parl. vol. III, pp. 175b-176a assigns this petition to 7 Richard II (22 June 1383- 21 June 1384), but a note on the guard of this petition and of SC 8/20/973 says 'c. 1380'.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a later petition from the petitioner on this matter is SC 8/143/7118
For a related petition from the petitioner's father is SC 8/13/624
For transcript, see no.56 of PRO 31/7/107
A near duplicate of this petition is SC 8/20/969
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 6572
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp. 175b-176a, no. 3 (full edition of near duplicate petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061129/
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