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Ralph de Greystoke, Baron Greystoke; William de Aton; Robert de Hilton. de Greystoke,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/178/8870

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This record is about the Ralph de Greystoke, Baron Greystoke; William de Aton; Robert de Hilton. de Greystoke,... dating from [1381-1382] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/178/8870
Date
[1381-1382]
Description
Petitioners
Ralph de Greystoke, Baron Greystoke; William de Aton; Robert de Hilton.
Name(s)
de Greystoke, Baron Greystoke; de Aton; de Hilton, Ralph; William; Robert
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Greystoke and the others request that a writ be directed to the towns of Newcastle, Hull and Lynn to deliver the goods which they have which were taken by William de Hilton from a Scottish ship as this will assist in their deliverance from imprisonment. They and their men were taken by the earl of March as they came to Roxburgh castle because of the seizure of these goods.
Nature of endorsement
Let the archbishop of York, the earl of Northumberland, the baron of Greystoke, and others jointly receive the goods, and let a writ be made for their delivery by them or their deputies.
Places mentioned
Roxburgh, [Roxburghshire, Scotland]
Newcastle upon Tyne
Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
King's Lynn, [Norfolk]
Halsham, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
[George Dunbar], Earl of March
William de Hilton, [Baron Hilton]
Alexander de Neville, archbishop of York
[Henry de Percy], earl of Northumberland
Ralph de Evere (Eure)
William de Skipwyth (Skipwith)
John Conestable (Constable) of Halsham
Walter de Petwardyn.
Note
The petition dates to 1381-1382 as another petition by Greystoke on the same matter that must be a near contemporary is printed in Rot. Parl. amongst petitions ascribed the date 5 Richard II (Vol. III, p. 129b (no.12)).
Related material

For another petition by Greystoke on the same matter, see SC 8/113/5624

For another petition from the same petitioner on this matter, see SC 8/85/4221

For a duplicate of this petition, see SC 8/178/8864

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.151-2 (no.116) (full edition of petition) & pp.152-3 (no.117) (full edition of another petition on the same matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294738/

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