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John de Crombewell (Cromwell). de Crombewell (Cromwell) John King and council. Crombewell...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/265/13212

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This record is about the John de Crombewell (Cromwell). de Crombewell (Cromwell) John King and council. Crombewell... dating from [c. 1323] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/265/13212
Date
[c. 1323]
Description
Petitioners
John de Crombewell (Cromwell).
Name(s)
de Crombewell (Cromwell), John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Crombewell requests that he be restored to the keeping of the Tower of London and the keeping of the forest beyond the Trent, both of which the King by his charters gave him for life for his great service to the King and his father.1)
Nature of endorsement
As regards the keeping of the Tower, the King has not yet been advised.2) As regards the keeping of the Forest, Scrope should be summoned.
Places mentioned
London
River Trent.
People mentioned
Henry le Scrop (Scrope).
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1323, since the offices in question were bestowed upon others in 1323 (CFR 1319-27, p. 238 and p. 244).
Related material

For a related petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/41/2032

For a petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/41/2031

For a related writ, see SC 8/323/E571

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/154/7656

For a related petition see SC 8/172/8596

For a related inquisition, see SC 8/204/10189

For a petition from the petitioner and his wife see SC 8/11/525

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. III, Edw II, 1319-1327, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.238 (1323 order to Cromwell to deliver the keeping of the forest beyond the Trent to Henry le Scrope) & p.244 (1323 commitment to John de Weston the younger of the keeping of the Tower of London)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517159/

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