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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Geoffrey du Pree and Alice du Pree his wife. Pree; Pree Geoffrey; Alice King and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/66/3286
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/66/3286
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Geoffrey du Pree and Alice du Pree his wife.
- Name(s)
- Pree; Pree, Geoffrey; Alice
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Geoffrey du Pree and Alice [de Pree] his wife state that all tenements in Richards Castle have been able to be bequeathed from time immemorial, and that Adam du Chastel Richard bequeathed a messuage there to his son John and the heirs of his body, and in default of heirs of his body to his sister Alice, Geoffrey du Pree's wife. John, who was seised of the messuage for a long time, has now died without heir of his body, but the messuage has been taken into the king's hand because John was an adherent of Roger Mortymer of Wigmore. Geoffrey and Alice request a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram magno consilio (Before the great council).He is to show the evidence he has for the legacy, and the truth is to be inquired into. And when the inquisition has been returned, justice is to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Richards Castle, Herefordshire
- Wigmore, [Herefordshire].
- People mentioned
- Adam du Chastel Richard (Richards Castle)
- John [du Chastel Richard (Richards Castle)], son of Adam du Chastel Richard
- Roger Mortymer (Mortimer) of Wigmore.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1324, on the basis of CIM 1307-49 no.694 (commission dated 30 March 17 Edward II (1324), which seems to make 1324 a likely date for this petition. The note also mentions CIM 1307-49 no.881 (commission given 11 April 19 Edward II (1326)), but notes that the petition makes no mention of any earlier inquisition. CCR 1323-7 p.481, dated 4 June 1326, specifically mentions the messuage being in the king's hands through John being an adherent of certain rebels.
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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 2795
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.481 (order to the keeper of forfeited lands in Herefordshire not to intermeddle further with this messuage)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.694 (inquisition into this messuage and how it is held) & no.881 (another inquisition into this messuage and how it is held)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107057/
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