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John de Playce (Plays), son and heir of Richard de Playce (Plays). de Playce (Plays)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/163/8150

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Reference
SC 8/163/8150
Date
[c. 1380]
Description
Petitioners
John de Playce (Plays), son and heir of Richard de Playce (Plays).
Name(s)
de Playce (Plays), John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
John de Playce requests remedy regarding the manors of Langley and Wraysbury, detailing the history of the manor over the previous century and the various wardships and grants. He claims rights to the property, and asks that the various claims and petitions be examined and that, if successful, he be restored.
Nature of endorsement
Let this bill be sent to Chancery and examined there, and the evidences and records touching the matter in the King's Treasury, by the King and by the party, and the King's sergeants should be called and justice done.
Places mentioned
Langele Mounfichet (Langley Marish), [Buckinghamshire]
Wraysbury, [Buckinghamshire]
Windsor, [Berkshire]
Ireland
Buckinghamshire.
People mentioned
Richard de Playce (Plays), father of the petitioner
Ralph [de Playce (Plays)]
Edward I, King of England
Henry III, King of England
Eleanor [of Castile], Queen of England
Giles [de Playce (Plays]
Christina de Mareys
Robert de Ratford, justice
Henry [Spigurnel], justice
[John] Hothom, Bishop of Ely, chancellor
Edward III, King of England
Isabella [of France, Queen of England]
John de Playce (Plays), father of the petitioner.
Note
Dated on dorse of guard to c. 1380, with reference to CPR 1381-5, p.22, a 1381 commission to enquire touching lands of Avelina, wife of Edmund, brother of Edward I, of the inheritance of Richard de Monfichet, an inquisition that Ralph Plaiz and others were her heirs in manors of Langley and Wraysbury. Other petitions on this matter would seem to concur with such a date.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/20/969

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.22-3 (commission to enquire into manors of Langeley and Wraysbury)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293995/

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