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John de Grauntsete. de Grauntsete John King and council. [Petition in 2 parts, the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/154/7664

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Reference
SC 8/154/7664
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
John de Grauntsete.
Name(s)
de Grauntsete, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[Petition in 2 parts, the first being badly damaged].1) [Grauntsete] requests the grant of the castle and manor of . . . for the term of his life rendering the extent at the Exchequer as he was granted . . . fishery . . . and they are totally destroyed by the coming of the Scots.2) [Grauntsete] requests a grant of the seneschalcy of the king's demesne in Newcastle Lyons and elsewhere taking the fee paid in times past having regard that they have been wasted by the coming of the Irish enemy.1)
Nature of endorsement
Let it be ordered to the justices and . . . that if it was wasted by the coming of the Scots as the petition alleges . . . the same lands . . . to the true value . . . and this value until he . . . and that he hold at the . . . of the king.2) Let it be ordered to the justice and the treasurer . . . cause . . . petition the keeping of the office at the will of the king for the ancient fee.
Places mentioned
Dublin, [Ireland]
Newcastle Lyons, [County Dublin, Ireland]
Tallaght, [County Dublin]
Crumlin, [County Antrim Ireland].
Note
The petition dates to 1327 as the petitioner was granted part of his request on 16 September 1327 (CFR 1327-37, p.63).
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/242/12058

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.63 (grant to the petitioner of the bailiwick of the stewardship of Newcastle Lyons and elsewhere)
  • Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.50 (brief calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209853/

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