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William Gracy (Tracy), late sheriff of Gloucester. Gracy (Tracy) William King and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/169/8425

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Reference
SC 8/169/8425
Date
[1328]
Description
Petitioners
William Gracy (Tracy), late sheriff of Gloucester.
Name(s)
Gracy (Tracy), William
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
sheriff of Gloucester
Nature of request
Gracy requests a writ to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they assign certain people to enquire on the purveyance that he made to the castles of Bristol and Chepstow for their stocking and that justice be done to him. He made purveyance by order by writ of the king's father to the castles by Wye, but the receivers of purveyance, Mar and Bernard would not give indentures of receipt, and the sums expended on the purveyance have not been allowed to Gracy, and nor can Mar or Bernard now be found.
Nature of endorsement
Let the petition be sent to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer, that they view the petition, hear the arguments and do justice to the petitioner.
Places mentioned
Gloucestershire
Bristol
Estrigoil (Striguil, Chepstow), [Monmouthshire, Wales]
Westminster.
People mentioned
Adam de Wy (Wye)
Donald de Mar, keeper of Bristol castle
Roger Bernard, receiver of victuals at Chepstow Castle.
Note
The petition is dated to 1328 as the petition is published in Rot. Parl. II from a Hale manuscript which dated the petition to 2 Edw. III (1328) (Rot. Parl. vol. II, p.34a (no.18)).
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.34a (no.18) (full edition of later copy of original 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. 18 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294272/

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