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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Henry Grespeys. Grespeys Henry King and council The petitioner asks the king that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/48/2398
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This record is about the Henry Grespeys. Grespeys Henry King and council The petitioner asks the king that... dating from [c. 1320] 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 8/48/2398
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry Grespeys.
- Name(s)
- Grespeys, Henry
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The petitioner asks the king that certain damages awarded against him and others should be levied from their lands, tenements, goods, and chattels in the county of Surrey, without the imprisonment of their bodies. The petitioner and others were convicted in a writ of trespass at the suit of Reynham, before Scrope and his fellow justices. An award of damages was made to Reynham and their bodies were taken for security. Then the king pardoned the petitioner and the others of imprisonment, which charter of pardon was shown to Scrope and his fellows, but they were not released from prison. Additionally, all their property in Surrey was awarded to Reynham in order to raise his damages.
- Nature of endorsement
- An order to the justices that they implement the terms contained in the king's charter.
- Places mentioned
- Surrey
- People mentioned
- Richard de Reynham
- Henry le Scrope.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The pardon on which these damages were presumably claimed was issued in 1320: CPR 1317-21, p. 491.
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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 3647
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.491 (pardon to the petitioner in the relevant case)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062611/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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