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Constance de Gerdiston (Garriston). de Gerdiston (Garriston) Constance King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/164/8159

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Reference
SC 8/164/8159
Date
[1330]
Description
Petitioners
Constance de Gerdiston (Garriston).
Name(s)
de Gerdiston (Garriston), Constance
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Constance de Gerdiston requests recovery of her manor of Garriston of which her grandfather, whose heir she is, died seised in his demesne as of fee. His son Nicholas having died while he was still living, his other son Robert entered into the manor while Constance, unaware of her grandfather's death, was in the march of Wales. Robert was killed and his son Geoffrey entered into the manor, at which time Constance learned of her grandfather's death and entered the country and claimed the manor as her inheritance against Geoffrey who claimed that he held the manor of the gift of Geoffrey le Scrop.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be pursued in Chancery and recovery had there.
Places mentioned
Gerdiston (Garriston), [North Riding of Yorkshire]
March of Wales.
People mentioned
Nicholas de Gerdiston (Garriston), grandfather of the petitioner
Nicholas [de Gerdiston (Garriston)], father of the petitioner
Robert [de Gerdiston (Garriston)], brother of Nicholas de Gerdiston, the father
Geoffrey [de Gerdiston (Garriston)], son of Robert de Gerdiston
Geoffrey le Scrop.
Note
Dated to 1330 with reference to Rot. Parl. II, p. 39.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.39a (no. 41) (edition of petition)
  • 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), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp. 31-51, no. 41 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294004/

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