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John de Hastings (Hastang, Hastynges), Lord Hastings of Abergavenny. de Hastings...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/117/5808

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This record is about the John de Hastings (Hastang, Hastynges), Lord Hastings of Abergavenny. de Hastings... dating from [c. 1320-c. 1325] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/117/5808
Date
[c. 1320-c. 1325]
Description
Petitioners
John de Hastings (Hastang, Hastynges), Lord Hastings of Abergavenny.
Name(s)
de Hastings (Hastang, Hastynges), Lord Hastings of Abergavenny, John
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Hastings requests that the king inform the Justices of the Forest that his property in Oakhanger is, and always has been, outside the jurisdiction of the forest.
Nature of endorsement
He shall have a writ in Chancery to the keepers of the forest that John is to be quit of the things contained in this petition.
Places mentioned
Oakhanger, Hampshire.
People mentioned
Justices of the Forest.
Note
Dated on the guard to?c.1320 on the basis of CPR 1317-21 p.415, when Hastings was granted land in Oakhanger. Hastings died in 1325, and the petition was probably presented between these two dates.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4297
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. VI, 10-20 Edw II, (Public Record Office, 1910), no.612 (inquisition post mortem of John de Hasings, Lord of Bergavenny)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.415 (licence to John Bernard and Ralph de Bockyng to grant various lands to Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke and John de Hastynges)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150484/

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