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Richard de Grey of Codnor. de Grey Richard King and council Grey states that he has...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/48/2400

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This record is about the Richard de Grey of Codnor. de Grey Richard King and council Grey states that he has... dating from [c. 1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/48/2400
Date
[c. 1330]
Description
Petitioners
Richard de Grey of Codnor.
Name(s)
de Grey, Richard
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
Grey states that he has petitioned parliament concerning the manor of Oveston, now in the king's hands, requesting that the manor be restored to him. The petition was answered and certain persons were instructed to enquire into his claim and try his right in Chancery. The king had previously granted the manor to Mautravers, for which reason Grey could not obtain a remedy. Nevertheless, Grey obtained a common law writ against Mautravers concerning the manor. Mautravers showed the king's charter in response and the justices were unable decide the case without the king. Grey asks that the king instruct his justices to proceed in the plea so that he is not disinherited against the terms of Magna Carta.
Nature of endorsement
The king and council instruct the treasurer and his chamberlains to search the treasury rolls and muniments for anything that will bar Grey's demand made in the Eyre of Northampton against Mautravers over the said manor. A writ is to be made on this.
Places mentioned
Overstone, [Northamptonshire]
Northamptonshire
Westminster.
People mentioned
Gilbert de Milers
Henry de Grey, father of the petitioner
Cristiane de Mareys
John Mautravers.
Note
The petition can be dated by a commitment of the manor to the petitioner made either shortly before or after the petition (CFR 1327-37, p.219).
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/114/5661

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3652
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.219 (grant during the king's pleasure to the petitioner of the keeping of the manor)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062613/

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