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Prior and convent of . . .. King and council. The prior and convent request remedy...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/155/7748

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This record is about the Prior and convent of . . .. King and council. The prior and convent request remedy... dating from [? c. 1334] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/155/7748
Date
[? c. 1334]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and convent of . . ..
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The prior and convent request remedy concerning the damage done to their granges, and the goods and chattels taken by Gery when he descended on their granges with 60 horses and many people.
Nature of endorsement
Let this petition be directed to the steward of the Household by writ, and he be ordered to enquire of the things contained in the petition, and if it is found that these things are true then he should punish the trespassers and restore to the prior his damages and losses.
Places mentioned
Herefordshire.
People mentioned
William Gery, farrier of the king
John de Chaldok.
Note
The petition is dated speculatively to? c. 1334 on the basis of an unconnected reference to Gery on 13 April 1334 (CPR 1330-4, p.577). However, the surname differs in the patent roll reference, so the identification is not definite.
Related material

For transcript, see p.152 of PRO 31/7/125

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/C9209940/

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