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Richard de Drax. de Drax Richard King and council. Richard de Drax states that John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/201/10047
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This record is about the Richard de Drax. de Drax Richard King and council. Richard de Drax states that John... 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 8/201/10047
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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
- Richard de Drax.
- Name(s)
- de Drax, Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Richard de Drax states that John Alcok, parson of Swinefleet, his uncle, whose heir he is, and his ancestors, were seized of 10 acres of moor and peat-bog in Reedness from the time of William the Conqueror, until Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, disseised John of them. After the death of Joan, Henry's widow, who held them in dower, they came into the hands of the King's father when Alice, the Earl's daughter and heir, released and quitclaimed them to him. Richard requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] A writ is to be issued.[On dorse] Certain people are to be appointed in Chancery to inquire, in the present of the keeper of the abovementioned tenements, into what status the abovementioned John had in the aforesaid tenements, and how and at what time the said tenements came into the hands of Henry de Lacy, and likewise how the same tenements came into the King's hands, and into all other circumstances touching this business. And the inquisition is to be returned in Chancery, and shown to the King.
- Places mentioned
- Swinefleet, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Reedness, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- John Alcok, parson of Swinefleet
- William [I], King of England
- Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln
- Joan [de Lacy], Countess of Lincoln
- [Edward II], King of England
- Alice [de Lacy (de Lancaster)], daughter and heir of the Earl of Lincoln.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333603/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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