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? No Petitioner named Copy of a writ of Edward II to John de Grey ordering him to...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/62/3096

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Reference
SC 8/62/3096
Date
[1316]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Copy of a writ of Edward II to John de Grey ordering him to search the inquisitions, information and memoranda concerning the lands of Ewloe for the time Grey's father was justice and send them to the king under seal to the king so that he will be able to proceed more advisedly concerning the petition of Robert de Mouhaut requesting delivery of the same lands as part of his inheritance.
Nature of endorsement
[Response of John de Grey:]He has caused the inquisitions, information and other memoranda from the time when his father was justice of Wales to be searched according to the tenor of the writ. He has found an inquisition taken before his father and Staundone concerning the manor of Ewloe, and is sending it with the other memoranda concerning it to the king with the writ.
Places mentioned
North Wales
Ewloe, [Flintshire, Wales]
Lincoln, [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
Edward II, King of England
John de Grey, Justice of North Wales
Robert de Monte Alto (Mouhaut)
Roger de Monte Alto (Mouhaut), brother of Robert de Mouhaut
Reginald de Grey, Justice of North Wales, father of John de Grey.
Note
Dated by its dating clause to 16 February 1316.
Related material

For a related memorandum of extracts of documents see SC 8/62/3095

For a related inquisition see SC 8/62/3097

For a later petition concerning Mouhaut lands at Ewloe see SC 8/2/66

For a copy of a further petition see SC 8/128/6376

For a petition concerning dower see SC 8/97/4806

For a further petition see SC 8/62/3093

For a related petition see SC 8/1/3

For a related writ see SC 8/62/3094

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5960
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.94 (full summary of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106859/

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