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Robert de Middelton (Middleton). de Middelton (Middleton) Robert King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/62/3100

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Reference
SC 8/62/3100
Date
[1333]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Middelton (Middleton).
Name(s)
de Middelton (Middleton), Robert
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Middelton requests that he be able to have his bailiwick according to his commission. The king granted him the lands of John de Hastings that were in the king's hand by the minority of his son and heir. Grey ejected him by another grant having no regard to his commission from the king.
Nature of endorsement
Let this petition be ordered before the justices assigned to hold the king's pleas, and it is ordered to them that when they have heard the complaint of the petitioner and called before them Grey, and viewed their commissions, and heard their arguments, they should do justice.
Places mentioned
Went (Gwent Uwchcoed), [Monmouthshire, Wales].
People mentioned
John de Hastyngges (Hastings)
Laurence [de Hastyngges (Hastings), son and heir of John de Hastings
Roger de Grey.
Note
The petition dates to 1333 as Grey, who was keeper of Abergavenny castle, was ordered to restore the bailiwick of the serjeanty with the issues from the Hastings lands on 22 January 1334 (CCR 1333-7, p.172).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5589
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
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.96 (partial summary of petition)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.105 (order to the keeper of the castle of Abergavenny to pay to Middelton his wages for the custody of the bailiwick of the serjeanty of Hastings' lands)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.172 (order to Grey to restore the bailiwick to Middelton)
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