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John Jorge (George) of Wiltshire. Jorge (George) John King and council. Jorge requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/172/8558
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This record is about the John Jorge (George) of Wiltshire. Jorge (George) John King and council. Jorge requests... 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 8/172/8558
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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
- John Jorge (George) of Wiltshire.
- Name(s)
- Jorge (George), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Jorge requests remedy as Despenser and others disseised him of the manor of Marston Meysey, and subsequently imprisoned him refusing him delivery if he did not release his rights in the manor. John de Meysey had enfeoffed him, his wife and son in the manor.
- Nature of endorsement
- Faithful people are to be assigned in Chancery to enquire of the disseisin and of other matters touching it in the presence of the keeper, and of the imprisonment and other matters touching it, and when the inquisition has been returned into Chancery let the justices examine the muniments of Despenser to see if they are able to find anything to exclude the demand of the petitioner.
- Places mentioned
- Wiltshire
- Marston Meysey, [Wiltshire].
- People mentioned
- John de Meisy (Meysey)
- Margery [Jorge (George)], wife of the petitioner
- Thomas [Jorge, [George]), son of the petitioner
- Hugh le Despenser, the father
- John de Meisy (Meysey), parson
- Henry [Meisy (Meysey)], brother of John de Meysey, parson.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1327 as it is clearly early in the reign of Edward III and refers to the muniments of Despenser being in the king's hand.. Documents in the close rolls and miscellaneous inquisitions relate to the recovery of the manor of Marston Meysey by one John de Meysey (CIM 1307-49, no.1020; CCR 1327-30, pp.495-6). It is possible that this John de Meysey is one and the same with John Jorge, as both have similar tales to tell, though if they are not, two separate disputes were going on over the same manor, with John de Meysey recovering the manor, and no trace surviving of the Jorge claim except within this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/81/4003
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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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- A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office, vol. VI, (Public Record Office, 1915), p.394 (no. C6856) (grant by John de Meisy, son of John de Meisy, to John Jorge and others of the manor of Marston Meysey)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), pp.495-6 (order to the escheator to restore the manor of Marston Meysey to John de Meysey)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1020 (inquisition concerning the Despenser disseisin of Marston Meysey)
- Law and Order in Fourteenth-Century England: The Evidence of Special Commissions of Oyer and Terminer, R. W. Kaeuper, (Whiting & Co., London, 1979), pp. 756, 757 note 97 (discussion of the petition).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294423/
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