John Darcy the cousin. Darcy John King and council. John Darcy the kinsman states...

Petitioners

John Darcy the cousin.

Name(s)

Darcy, John

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

John Darcy the kinsman states that when Edward II separated him from his lord, the Earl of Pembroke, and made him Justiciar of Ireland, he promised him 200 marks worth of land to support his estate; but gave him only the manors of Edgefield and Walcott in Norfolk, which belonged to Thomas Rocelyn. Thomas took them back on pretext of the cause when the King came to England, and is now demanding the issues from the time when John held them. He asks that he might be discharged of these. And then after the King's coronation he petitioned parliament, and was given various manors and wardships; and was then retained in the King's service for life and given other manors. He asks that these might be confirmed, or that he might have their value in some suitable place.

Nature of endorsement

Coram rege.This petition is to be sent before the prelates, earls and barons who have been appointed to oversee the gifts made by the King, and they are to advise the King. And it seems to the council that the King should give him compensation for the land from which he was expelled elsewhere to the same value. And with regard to the issues that Thomas Rocelyn demands from him, the King should speak to Thomas so that John is discharged.

Places mentioned

Ireland

Edgefield, Norfolk

Walcott, Norfolk

Westminster

Aldeby, Norfolk

Foulsham, Norfolk

Wark in Tynedale (Wark), [Northumberland]

Tynedale, [Northumberland]

Stonworth (Staward) Peel, [Northumberland]

Brattleby, Lincolnshire

Greetham, Lincolnshire

Ormesby, Norfolk.

People mentioned

[Edward II], King of England

[Aymer de Valence], Earl of Pembroke

Thomas Rocelyn

William [le Mareschall], heir of William le Mareschall

William le Mareschall.

For another petition by the same petitioner on a related matter, see SC 8/242/12075

For a document with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no.4392 of C 81/179

• Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. IV, 1-14 Edw III, 1327-1341, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.118 (grant to petitioner of the manor of Wark in Tynedale)
• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.308 (instructions to the Sheriff of Norfolk concerning Edgefield and Walcott)
• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.202-3 (orders to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer with regard to the issues of Edgefield and Walcott)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.158 (ratification of the charter granting Wark in Tynedale to the petitioner)
• Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.76 (calendar of petition with references)