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Robert Darreyns (Darras), son of Robert Darreyns, late sheriff of Northumberland....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/165/8235

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Reference
SC 8/165/8235
Date
[c. 1345]
Description
Petitioners
Robert Darreyns (Darras), son of Robert Darreyns, late sheriff of Northumberland.
Name(s)
Darreyns (Darras), Robert
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Darreyns requests remedy concerning the lands and tenements late of his father which were seized in the King's hand for his father's debts to the King for the time he was sheriff, after whose death certain people sued for possession of the lands and their issues, to the disinheritance of the petitioner who is still under age.
Nature of endorsement
Nichil fiat.
Places mentioned
Northumberland.
People mentioned
Robert Darreyns (Darras), late sheriff of Northumberland.
Note
Dated on guard to c. 1345, with reference to: C 81/308/17276-7 and C 81/309/17360-1; CCR 1343-6, p. 548, a 1345 order to justices of assize in Northumberland re assize brought against Robert Darreyns the younger re his father's lands (now in the King's hands) in Bywell; CFR 1337-47, p. 381, a 1344 commitment of the keeping of lands in Calverton Darreys late of Robert Darreys, late sheriff of Northumberland; CFR 1337-47, p. 408, a 1345 commitment to William de Graystok of the keeping of lands formerly of Robert Darryens, late sheriff of Northumberland. This petition precedes SC 8/165/8236.
Related material

For related documents see nos. 17360-1 in C 81/309

For a related petition see SC 8/45/2248

For related documents see nos. 17276-7 in C 81/308

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VII, 1343-1346, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.548 (order to justices of assize re land in Bywell late of Darreyns)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. V, Edw III, 1337-1347, (Public Record Office, 1915), p.381 (commitment of keeping of lands in Calverton Darreys late of Darreys)& p.408 (commitment of keeping of lands late of Darryens)
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