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John Coton (Cotton), citizen of London. Coton (Cotton) John King and council citizen...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/41/2007

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Reference
SC 8/41/2007
Date
[1322]
Description
Petitioners
John Coton (Cotton), citizen of London.
Name(s)
Coton (Cotton), John
Addressees
King and council
Occupation
citizen of London
Nature of request
Cotton requests grace for the manor of Oxenton which he took for the term of years from Tuchet, the which term is seised in the king's hand together with his chattels, the term enduring to the feast of St Michael next which he is able openly to show by an indenture made between them. He requests that he might be suffered to enjoy the same until the end of the term, as Tuchet has nothing in it following the beginning of the term, nor is able to forfeit John's chattels, only his own, and he requests the king's grace concerning the manor.
Nature of endorsement
He should show what he has concerning the term, and when this has been viewed it should be enquired of which goods and chattels of Coton's were taken into the hand of the king, and these should be restored. Concerning the land - nothing.
Places mentioned
Oxenton, Gloucestershire
Londres (London).
People mentioned
William Tuchet.
Note
The petition dates to 1322 for a writ was issued to the sheriff of Gloucester to hold an inquisition into the matter on 18 May 1322 (CCR 1318-23, p.456).
Related material

For another contemporary petition concerning this manor, see SC 8/75/3750

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/275/13723

For another petition probably by the same petitioner and another, see SC 8/126/6280B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1346
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.456 (order for an inquisition into the matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062212/

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