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James de Tracy, son and heir of Thomas de Tracy. de Tracy James King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/260/12963
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/260/12963
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1336]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- James de Tracy, son and heir of Thomas de Tracy.
- Name(s)
- de Tracy, James
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly faded.]James, son and heir of Thomas de Tracy, states that his father died in the King's ninth year seised in his demesne as in fee of half the manor of Newington in Kent, and that the inquisition taken by the escheator found that Thomas held the half manor in chief of the King from the manor of Middleton by gavelkind; and on this inquisition he had a writ to the escheator to remove his hand. Then, because Middleton was in the hand of the Queen, her bailiffs expelled James from half the manor of Newington, and on this wrongful entry they acquired a writ to inquire again into the tenure, and procured an inquisition which found that Newington was held of Middleton by grand sergeanty, whereas it is held as he has said above, so that he has been kept out of his lands ever since. He requests a remedy, as he is of age to hold the land in gavelkind.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because the two offices taken after Thomas's death are contrary, the inquisitions are to be sent before the King, and, when they have been examined there, and the Queen's ministers and others who should be called have been called, they are further to do justice.
- Places mentioned
- Newington, Kent
- Middleton (Milton Regis), Kent.
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Tracy
- [Philippa of Hainault], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Roughly datable by the death of the petitioner's father in 9 Edward III (25 January 1335-24 January 1336), although the petition would seem most likely to date from a few years later. The inquisition held on Geoffrey de Lucy, who died on 18 May, 20 Edward III (1346), states that he held half the manor of Newington, and that James son of Thomas Tracy holds the other half (CIPM vol. VIII no.649).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9516907/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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