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William de Legrave, lately long time furbisher of the king's chamber in peace and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/58/2853

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This record is about the William de Legrave, lately long time furbisher of the king's chamber in peace and... dating from [c. 1363] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/58/2853
Date
[c. 1363]
Description
Petitioners
William de Legrave, lately long time furbisher of the king's chamber in peace and war.
Name(s)
de Legrave, William
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
furbisher of the king's chamber
Nature of request
The petitioner asks the king to order that certain burgesses of Bristol coming to parliament appear before the council and certify that the petitioner's complaint is good and loyal and that he should have certain rents, lands, charters and muniments as his inheritance. He complains that Goterest imprisoned Joan (his late mother) in his house for more than seven weeks when he was made mayor of Bristol in year sixteen lately past, in order to obtain a rent worth £7 per year from Joan's inheritance, which rents, lands, tenements, and all the charters and muniments were taken and are still withheld from the petitioner to his great cost (more than £300) by Goterest's great malice according to the gentlemen of Bristol, willingly recorded before the council, namely by Chedder, Frampton, Blanket, Stoke, Moigne and Traci, from whom Goterest obtained a false inquest.
Nature of endorsement
Coram Rege et magno consilio.
Places mentioned
Bristol
Gloucestershire.
People mentioned
John Goterest, spicer of Bristol
Joan de Legrave, late mother of the petitioner
Robert Chedder, burgess of Bristol
Walter de Frampton, burgess of Bristol
Edmund Blanket, burgess of Bristol
Jankyn de Stoke, burgess of Bristol
Thomas Moigne, sheriff of Gloucestershire
John Traci, knight
Robert Guayn
Reynald le Frensche
Thomas de Bradstone
Richard de Wiluby
William de Notton.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1363 on the basis of internal evidence.
Related material

Another petition by the same petitioner is SC 8/21/1047

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2190
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063073/

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