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Robert Gray Gray Robert King Gray seeks the restoration of property in Berwickshire.1)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/115/5714A

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SC 8/115/5714A
Date
[1334]
Description
Petitioners
Robert Gray
Name(s)
Gray, Robert
Addressees
King
Nature of request
Gray seeks the restoration of property in Berwickshire.1) His father held a mill at Lauder and other tenements in Hydegate in Berwick in the time of King Alexander, but was ousted during the wars. This property is now in the king's hands.2) He also held a third part of Simprim, as the heir of William de Fenton, which he lost at the same time.1)
Nature of endorsement
Regarding the mill at Lauder and the tenements in Berwick, they say that Robert de Gray senior had three sons, namely John, Robert and Thomas, and that he granted this property to his son Robert, who held it until he was ousted in the war by Andrew Gray, whose heirs were dispossessed by his forfeiture. The property is in the King's hands and has not been regranted.2) Regarding the land at Simprim they say that William de Fenton was seised in the time of King Alexander, and granted it to Geoffrey de Caldecotes and his heirs, who held it until they were dispossessed by the war of Edward I. William de Fenton re-entered it and enfeoffed Robert Gray, who was seised until he was removed by the war of Robert Bruce. William de Fenton re-entered it for the third time, and Robert de Caldecotes, son and heir of Geoffrey, recovered it against the said William by assize of morte d'ancestor, and was seised until he went into Scotland [...].[Further responses on SC 8/115/5714B]
Places mentioned
Lowedre (Lauder), [Berwickshire, Scotland]
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
Hydegate in Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
Simprim, [Berwickshire, Scotland].
People mentioned
Robert Gray, father of the petitioner
Alexander [III], King of Scotland
Robert Bruce
William de Fenton.
John [Gray], son of Robert Gray, senior
Thomas [Gray], son of Robert Gray, senior
Andrew Gray
[Edward I], King of England
Geoffrey de Caldecotes
Robert de Caldecotes, son of Geoffrey Caldecotes.
Note
The resultant order to the sheriff of Berwick mentioned in the continuation of this response (SC 8/115/5714B) was issued on 4 March 1334.
Related material

For a similar petition see SC 8/115/5735

For the continuation of the response to this petition see SC 8/115/5714B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3920
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Scotiae, vol. I, Ed. D. Macpherson, (Eyre & Strahan, 1814), p.268 (restoration to Robert Gray of a moiety of the mill at Lauder and property in Hidegate in Berwick)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150387/

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