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King's men and tenants of Brompton and Rhiston. King. The King's men and tenants...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/192/9553

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Reference
SC 8/192/9553
Date
[1315]
Description
Petitioners
King's men and tenants of Brompton and Rhiston.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The King's men and tenants of Brompton and Rhiston, in Chirbury hundred in Shropshire, state that Hugh de Audeleye, Keeper of Montgomery, is distraining them to do suit to the court of Halcetor, in the Welsh manor, which they have never done in the past, to their great harm and prejudice, and reducing them to poverty. He has also extorted money from them on this matter. They request that justices from Shropshire might be assigned, including the sheriff of Shropshire, and that the matter might be determined by good and law-worthy men from the three closest hundreds, as Hugh has refused to give them a remedy, despite the King's writ addressed to him.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Brompton, Shropshire
Rhiston, Shropshire
Chirbury hundred, Shropshire
Montgomery, [Montgomeryshire, Wales]
Halseten (Halcetor), [Montgomeryshire, Wales].
People mentioned
Hugh de Audeleye (Audley), Keeper of Montgomery.
Note
CCW 1244-1326 p.424 is dated 22 September 1315, and is clearly in response to this petition.The commission for CIM 1307-49 no.386 is dated 8 August 1318.CCR 1318-23 pp.37-38 is dated 24 November 1318.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.318-19 (calendar of petition)
  • Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.424 (order to investigate this matter and to ordain a reasonable remedy, with which this petition was formerly enclosed)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.37-38 (order to Audley to let the tenants hold their lands by the common law of England)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.386 (inquisition into this matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295438/

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