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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas de Grenham, son of Ralph de Grenham. de Grenham Thomas King and council. Thomas...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/166/8278
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This record is about the Thomas de Grenham, son of Ralph de Grenham. de Grenham Thomas King and council. Thomas... dating from [c. 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/166/8278
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas de Grenham, son of Ralph de Grenham.
- Name(s)
- de Grenham, Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Thomas states that his father died seised of certain lands and rents on the day he died, at which time the petitioner was underage, which lands and rents [were in the hands of ...] until he was of full age, and then ... dispute. Afterwards Clif maliciously ... suggestion ... the King had the wardship and marriage of the petitioner because ... the stranger of whom ... underage in the King's wardship so that the wardship ... to the King by reason of the keeping of the wardship. A writ thereon was sent to Brown to enquire when Ralph died and at what age the petitioner was, which inquest he delivered to Clif who kept it to himself without delivering it into the Chancery and forged another in London which stated that the petitioner was only ... years old when he was in fact 19, and that his lands were worth £20 when they were not. Thomas requests that ... of Baldock by Clif's procurement be charged of the fine to the King of 200 marks for the custody of his lands for 5 years £100 ..., and that the king grant a new inquest before the sheriff or coroner of Rutland so that he can have remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- ... which was supposed by the petition ... Brown in due manner, which ... delivered to Clif and Baldoc ... Clif and one other ... which false inquest was ... the escheator should be ordered to ... the sheriff or coroner ... the death of Ralph and the age of Thomas ... of the death of his father and of the value ... of the other necessary articles ... returned in Chancery and then justice done.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Rutland.
- People mentioned
- Ralph de Grenham, father of the petitioner
- William de Clif
- Robert de Baldock
- Matthew Broun (Brown), escheator.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1327, with reference to SC 8/48/2396, CFR 1319-27, p. 369, a 1325 grant to Grenham to pay £20 yearly for the 200 marks due as his fine for pardon, and CFR 1327-37, p. 66, a 1327 grant to Grenham of allowance of 100 marks of the 200 marks due as his fine for pardon for trespass and in marrying without the King's licence, since he was the King's ward. This grant, dated 10 Oct 1327, mentions that Grenham presented a petition in the last parliament; Ralph died on 12 Aug 1316 when Thomas was 18.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/48/2396
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. III, Edw II, 1319-1327, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.369 (grant of terms to pay fine for pardon)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.66 (allowance of part of fine for pardon)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1191 (1331 inquisition in accordance with petition)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. VI, 10-20 Edw II, (Public Record Office, 1910), no.388 (IPM of Ralph de Grenham)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294123/
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