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Thomas de Carru (Carrew). de Carru (Carrew) Thomas King and council. Carru shows...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/38/1864

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Reference
SC 8/38/1864
Date
[c. 1324]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Carru (Carrew).
Name(s)
de Carru (Carrew), Thomas
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Carru shows that he was seised of the castle and manor of Carew after the death of his cousin Nicholas whose heir he is. He also holds the manor of Moulsford from the king in chief of the same inheritance. He now finds that John de Carew has allowed the lands to be taken into the king's hand by his minority. He states that he was found by inquisition to be the next heir and entered the manor of Moulsford. He requests that no inquisition should be taken concerning his inheritance of which he seised, and that he should not be summoned except by original writ to which he is able to answer according to the law.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Carew, Pembrokeshire, [Wales]
Moulsford, Berkshire.
People mentioned
Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke
Nicholas de Carru (Carrew), cousin of the petitioner
John [de Carru (Carrew)], son of John de Carrew and half brother of Nicholas de Carrew
Hugh le Despenser the son
Richard Talbot.
Note
The petition appears to date to the period c. 1324, and is probably the counter petition to SC 8/38/1863 (CFR 1319-27, pp.288, 290, 300, 419).
Related material

For a later petition concerning the Carew lands see SC 8/303/15114

For the probable counter petition to this see SC 8/38/1863

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1386
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.49-50 (full calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062067/

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