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Petitioners

Hugh Ridel (Riddell).

Name(s)

Ridel (Riddell), Hugh

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Ridel states that his lands of Wittering were taken into the hand of the king because Ridel resided with Balliol at the commencement of the war, and at the request of Frisel, the lands were given deceitfully to Geoffrey, Ridel's son for service in his war, and to hold the same at will, and Geoffrey has sold the land and engaged, and given, and destroyed the woods and gardens against the conditions of the will and done no service. Ridel requests that the king and council will perform the ordinances granted of the peace made between the two realms to the petitioner as he has done to others since he has nothing to live on if the king will not do him speedy right as he is not able to enjoy his lands in Scotland because of the enemy.

Nature of endorsement

Order for the sheriff to bring the petitioners coram rege.

Places mentioned

Scotland

Wittering, Northamptonshire.

People mentioned

Geoffrey Ridel (Riddell), son of the petitioner

John Balliol, [King of Scotland]

Simon Frisel

John Comyn.

For another petition probably by the petitioner's grandson, see SC 8/13/645

For a related and probably contemporary petition by the petitioner's son possibly in response to this petition, see SC 8/334/E1127

• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.309a (no. 84) (summary of petition with response)
• The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), parliament of 1315, item 100(84) (summary, with translation, of petition with response)