John de Barentin. de Barentin John King and council. John de Barentin petitions on...

Petitioners

John de Barentin.

Name(s)

de Barentin, John

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

John de Barentin petitions on behalf of himself and of the other heirs of William de Barentin, and states that Robert de Loyset, the Prior of Wenlock and the Bailiffs of the Channel Islands were appointed justices to hold assizes in the Channel Islands and that they appeared before them concerning their inheritance, to explain their title to it; but that the justices refused to allow them an inquest or judgment as to whether they should have one. They ask that they might hold the Fief Paisnel as their father and grandfather did.

Nature of endorsement

The complainant says that Richard de Grey, formerly Keeper of the aforesaid islands, entrusted these tenements to Dru de Barentyn, the grandfather of the complainant, in exchange for other tenements in the island of Alderney, of which the King is now seised. And he asks to vindicate this etc. But because this was the deed of the King's Steward, therefore before the King. He is to come on his day before the justices on the morrow of the Trinity. And justice is to be done to him.

Places mentioned

Wenlock, (Much Wenlock), [Shropshire]

Alderney, Channel Islands

Fief Paisnel (Paynel fee), [Channel Islands].

People mentioned

William de Barentin

Robert de Loyset

Prior of Wenlock

Bailiffs of the Channel Islands

Dru (Drogo) de Barentyn

Richard de Grae (Grey), Keeper of the Channel Islands.

For another document concerning Dru de Barentyn and the Paynel fee, see m.10 of JUST 1/1158

• Ancient Petitions of the Chancery and the Exchequer ayant trait aux Iles de la Manche, (Societe Jersiaise, 1902), pp.34-35 (calendar of petition)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.433 (appointment of Robert de Loyset, the Prior of Wenlock, John de Newent, Peter de Arcys and Peter le Marchaunt to hold assizes in the Channel Islands)