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Henry de Creton (Creeton). de Creton (Creeton) Henry King and council. Creton shows...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/1994

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This record is about the Henry de Creton (Creeton). de Creton (Creeton) Henry King and council. Creton shows... dating from [1318] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/40/1994
Date
[1318]
Description
Petitioners
Henry de Creton (Creeton).
Name(s)
de Creton (Creeton), Henry
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Creton shows that he purchased a corrody for himself and his boy in the priory. He was possessed of it for 6 years, but then while he was going to London, the men of the priory broke his chamber and carried away his goods and the writing of his corrody with the assent of the prior. He has been kept out of his corrody ever since and has nothing to live on because the corrody cost him £100. He requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be assigned to Bereford and Stonor to hear and determine the trespasses within contained by grace of the king.
Places mentioned
Oxford, [Oxfordshire]
Londres (London).
People mentioned
Alexander, Prior of St Frideswide's, Oxford
William Bereford
John de Stonere (Stonor).
Note
The petition can be firmly dated to 1318 by the commission of oyer and terminer made 14 November 1318 to William Bereford and John Stonor concerning the matter in accordance with the endorsement.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6393
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.296 (commission of oyer and terminer in accordance with the endorsement)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062198/

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