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John de Hastings. de Hastings John King and Council. [The majority of this petition...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/117/5803

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Reference
SC 8/117/5803
Date
[1318-1325]
Description
Petitioners
John de Hastings.
Name(s)
de Hastings, John
Addressees
King and Council.
Nature of request
[The majority of this petition is missing.]Hastings requests that the rolls of Chancery be examined regarding grants made to Henry de Hastings in the twenty-second year of the reign of [Henry III], regarding various manors in the Midlands, and later exchanges made of them.
Nature of endorsement
Examine the rolls of Chancery and the king is to be certified so that he can do whatever pleases him.
Places mentioned
Chester, [Cheshire]
Bolsover, [Derbyshire]
Nottinghamshire
Oswaldbeck, [Nottinghamshire]
Stratton, [Shropshire]
Staffordshire
Wolverhampton, [Staffordshire]
Shropshire.
People mentioned
Henry de Hastings, great-grandfather of the petitioner
[Earls of] Chester
Ada [de Hastings], wife of Henry de Hastings, co-heir of the Earls of Chester.
Note
Clearly post-dates the 1318 petition recited within (SC 8/52/2572). John de Hastings died in January 1325.
Related material

For the earlier petition mentioned in this petition see SC 8/83/4109

For another petition from this petitioner, also reciting a petition of 1318, see SC 8/117/5818

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4282
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen III, vol. III, 1232-1247, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.224 (original grant to Henry and Ada de Hastings)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150478/

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