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Nicholas de Plescy. de Plescy Nicholas King and council. The petitioner requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/135/6747

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SC 8/135/6747
Date
[c. 1330]
Description
Petitioners
Nicholas de Plescy.
Name(s)
de Plescy, Nicholas
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioner requests assistance in recovery of his manor, lost as a result of his adherence to the earl of Lancaster and taken by Hugh Despenser.
Nature of endorsement
Let him use the statute.
Places mentioned
Kingston, Dorset
Barnsley, Gloucestershire.
People mentioned
Edmund de Plescy, father of the petitioner
Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
Hugh le Despenser the elder.
Note
The relevant manor was in wardship in 1327 (CFR1327-37, p. 48), and this, together with internal evidence, dates the petition to early in the reign of Edward III.
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/13/631

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/C9208929/

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