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Richard de Plays, son of Giles de Plays. de Plays Richard King and council. Request...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/133/6633

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This record is about the Richard de Plays, son of Giles de Plays. de Plays Richard King and council. Request... dating from [c. 1340] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/133/6633
Date
[c. 1340]
Description
Petitioners
Richard de Plays, son of Giles de Plays.
Name(s)
de Plays, Richard
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Request for assistance in a dispute over the right to lands.
Nature of endorsement
Order that the rolls and remembrances of the chancery be searched and the council informed.
Places mentioned
Langley, [Buckinghamshire]
Wraysbury, [Buckinghamshire]
Windsor, [Berkshire].
People mentioned
Giles de Plays
Hugh Despenser the younger
Eleanor [of Castile], Queen of England
Edward [I], King of England
Edmund [Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster]
Aveline [Plantagenet, Countess of Lancaster].
Related material

For supporting documentation to this petition see SC 8/133/6629

For a related petition see SC 8/158/7889

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208814/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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