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John de la Pomeraie (Pomeray). Pomeraie (Pomeray) John King and council. John de...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/68/3368

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Reference
SC 8/68/3368
Date
[1376]
Description
Petitioners
John de la Pomeraie (Pomeray).
Name(s)
Pomeraie (Pomeray), John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
John de la Pomeraie states that he has not been paid the £40 of annual rent which he is owed through an agreement by which Henry de la Pomeray released and quitclaimed all his right in certain lands in Cornwall and Devon to Edward, Duke of Cornwall, the King's eldest son, in exchange for £40 of annual rent until he was provided with lands worth £30 annually by the King or Duke. He requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
If the said John or his ancestors have been provided with £30 of land, or part of this, a similar amount is to be deducted from the payment [in] proportion, and if nothing has been provided, he is to be paid the whole, according to the effect of his charter which he has shown in parliament.
Places mentioned
Trematon, [Cornwall]
Devon
Cornwall
Esse (Saltash), [Cornwall]
Sutton (Plymouth), [Devon]
Tamerton (King's Tamerton), [Cornwall]
Markerton (Maker), [Cornwall]
Calstock, [Cornwall].
People mentioned
Roger de Vautort
Richard [of Cornwall], Earl of Cornwall
Edmund [of Almaine], Earl of Cornwall
Edward [I], King of England
Henry de la Pomeray
Peter Corbet
Henry de la Pomeray
Edward of Woodstock, Duke of Cornwall.
Note
This petition is dated on the guard to 1376, as it is quoted in SC 8/134/6676 as having been submitted to the parliament of 50 Edward III.
Related material

The charter granting Henry de la Pomeray the annuity in exchange for the land is SC 8/3/116

A petition concerning another part of the Pomeray inheritance is SC 8/66/3253

Related legal proceedings are m. 5 in KB 27/180

A document related to that petition is SC 8/18/875B

A petition reciting this petition is SC 8/134/6676

A related petition is SC 8/103/5131

An earlier related petition is SC 8/3/114

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6683
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107139/

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