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Thomas de Weston. de Weston Thomas King and council. Weston requests the grant of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/156/7787

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This record is about the Thomas de Weston. de Weston Thomas King and council. Weston requests the grant of... dating from [c. 1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/156/7787
Date
[c. 1330]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Weston.
Name(s)
de Weston, Thomas
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Weston requests the grant of other lands for the lands granted to him by the king for his life for his service and which have been recovered by the countess of Kent and Richard Arundel
Nature of endorsement
It seems to the council that if he resides with the king's brother at the king's commandment, and the lands were given to him for that reason, and he has been ousted from these lands, then the king should grant him lands to the value.
Places mentioned
Milham, Norfolk
Kersey, Suffolk
Barstaple hundred, Essex.
People mentioned
John [of Eltham], earl of Cornwall
Edmund [Fitz Alan], earl of Arundel
[Edmund of Woodstock], earl of Kent
[Margaret], countess of Kent
Richard Daroundell (Arundel)
Related material

For the charter formerly attached to this petition see SC 8/156/7788

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/C9209979/

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