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Richard Gikel, son of William Gikel of Chellington. Gikel Richard King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/266/13274

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Reference
SC 8/266/13274
Date
[1305]
Description
Petitioners
Richard Gikel, son of William Gikel of Chellington.
Name(s)
Gikel, Richard
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Gikel requests a remedy as he inherited land in Chellington, Carlton, Radwell from his uncle but was ousted by his bastard brother who paid John de Grey for this. He was able to recover the land by his own alliances but has been again disseised by Reginald de Grey to whom his brother sold his rights, and the Greys procured that the inquisition upon Gikel's assize of novel disseisin went against him so that he is disinherited.
Nature of endorsement
He is to have a remedy in Chancery by a writ of champarty or otherwise according to his petition, if it seems expedient to him.
Places mentioned
Chellington, Bedfordshire
Carlton, Bedfordshire
Radwell, Bedfordshire
Harrold, Bedfordshire.
People mentioned
William Gikel of Chellington, father of the petitioner
[...] Gikel, uncle of the petitioner
Robert [Gikel], elder bastard brother of the petitioner
John de Grey
Reginald de Grey
Richard le Clerk of Harrold.
Note
The petition dates to 1305 as a Latin summary appears on the parliament roll for the Lent parliament of 1305 (Memoranda de Parliamento, pp.109-10).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), pp.109-10 (Latin summary from parliament roll and full edition of petition)
  • 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 12, appendix, no.187 (full edition and translation of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517221/

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