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Roger de Grey, clerk. de Grey Roger King. clerk Roger de Grey requests consultation...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/224/11172

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This record is about the Roger de Grey, clerk. de Grey Roger King. clerk Roger de Grey requests consultation... dating from [c. 1387-c. 1388] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/224/11172
Date
[c. 1387-c. 1388]
Description
Petitioners
Roger de Grey, clerk.
Name(s)
de Grey, Roger
Addressees
King.
Occupation
clerk
Nature of request
Roger de Grey requests consultation in his case against Maureward, who has unjustly secured provision to the prebend of Wolvey and ousted the petitioner.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Ruthin (Rhuthun), [Denbighshire, Wales]
Wolvey, [Warwickshire]
Lichfield, [Staffordshire]
Rome, [Italy]
Chester (Coventry and Lichfield) diocese.
People mentioned
Reginald de Grey of Ruthin, father of the petitioner
John Maureward, clerk
[Richard le Scrope], Bishop of Chester (Coventry and Lichfield)
[William Courtenay], Archbishop of Canterbury
John Trevor.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1387-8. Rees dates the petition to 1387-90, but Grey was confirmed in possession of the prebend of Netheravon on 1 July 1388 (CPR 1385-9, p.478).
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/252/12590

For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/189/9415

For a related petition, see SC 8/252/12553

For a related writ see SC 8/252/12551

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
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.374-375 (summary translation of petition, with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334732/

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