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Thomas de Verdon. de Verdon Thomas King and council. Thomas de Verdon states that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/256/12796

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Reference
SC 8/256/12796
Date
[1290]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Verdon.
Name(s)
de Verdon, Thomas
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Thomas de Verdon states that he entered into an agreement with William de Gray of Great Cornard, on the advice of Thomas de Weylond, whose sister William had married, that he would enfeoff William with all his lands, rents and homages in Kent, and would marry William's daughter Agnes in the King's eighth year, after which William would re-enfeoff Thomas and Agnes with the lands. But when he had the lands, William would not fulfil his part of the agreement; and so Thomas has been cheated by William and Thomas, and kept out of his lands for ten years. He has no written record of his agreement, and therefore asks the King and council for a remedy, so that this deception might be punished and he might have recovery of his lands. And he asks that the truth of this might be inquired into by people of the county of Kent.
Nature of endorsement
Coram consilio regis.In the roll.
Places mentioned
Great Cornard, [Suffolk]
Kent.
People mentioned
William de Gray (Grey) of Great Cornard
Thomas de Weylond
Agnes [de Gray (Grey)], daughter of William de Gray
Robert de Scotho (Scothowe), Sheriff of Kent.
Note
A Latin summary of this petition is enrolled on a roll of petitions from the parliament of Easter 1290 (Rot. Parl. vol. I p. 47b (no.25)).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.47b (no.25) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no.26 (full edition and translation of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440408/

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