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Humphrey de Grenehulle of East Farleigh. de Grenehulle Humphrey King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/257/12838

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SC 8/257/12838
Date
[? c. 1300]
Description
Petitioners
Humphrey de Grenehulle of East Farleigh.
Name(s)
de Grenehulle, Humphrey
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[This petition is badly damaged.]Humphrey de Grenehulle of East Farleigh states that he twice brought a prohibition in a case [held before] the present Archbishop of Canterbury at the suit of Nicholas de Knovill, parson of Maidstone, not of matrimony or testament, and that the Archbishop and Nicholas had him excommunicated, and had a writ sent to the sheriff of Kent, so that he was wrongly imprisoned for a year and a half and more, and have committed other wrongs against him.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
East Farleigh, [Kent]
Maidstone, [Kent]
Tenhom (Teynham), [Kent]
Kent
York.
People mentioned
[Robert Winchelsey], Archbishop of Canterbury
Nicholas de Knovill, parson of Maidstone.
Note
Tentatively dated to c. 1300 with reference to the mention of 26 Edward I (20 November 1297-19 November 1298) and to the petitioner's then being imprisoned for a year and a half.Nicholas de Knovill is mentioned in CCW 1244-1326 p.215 (29 April 1304).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440450/

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