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Roger de Grey, son of Reginald de Grey of Ruthyn. de Grey Roger King. Grey requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/252/12552

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Reference
SC 8/252/12552
Date
[1388]
Description
Petitioners
Roger de Grey, son of Reginald de Grey of Ruthyn.
Name(s)
de Grey, Roger
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Grey requests that the chancellor be commanded to warn Maureward to come into Chancery to show and declare the king's title to Wolvey prebend, and if the title is found insufficient that Maureward's presentment be repealed, as Grey held the prebend by papal provision for many years until Maureward procured a royal presentation.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Wolfney (Wolvey), [Warwickshire]
Lichfield cathedral, [Staffordshire].
People mentioned
Bishop of Chester (Coventry and Lichfield)
John Maureward, clerk.
Note
The petition dates to 1388 on the basis of the dating clause of the accompanying writ (SC 8/252/12551).
Related material

For the writ with which this petition was enclosed, see SC 8/252/12551

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

For a related writ, see SC 8/252/12554

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

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), p.420 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440158/

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