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John de Bradeston. de Bradeston John Chancellor. John de Bradeston, who has the keeping...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/296/14768

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Reference
SC 8/296/14768
Date
[1334-1335]
Description
Petitioners
John de Bradeston.
Name(s)
de Bradeston, John
Addressees
Chancellor.
Nature of request
John de Bradeston, who has the keeping of Wormelow hundred, states that by sufferance of the sheriffs of Herefordshire Henry de Grey, Lord of Wilton, has accroached royal power to himself in this hundred, to the prejudice of the King and of his franchise of Wormelow. He requests a remedy and the aid of the court, for the King's benefit.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] It is said that no other minister than the keeper ought to enter the franchise to hold any inquisition.Good and loyal people are to be appointed to inquire into the things contained in the petition, in the presence of the parties; and when the inquisition has been returned in Chancery and examined there, the Chancellor is further to do what is to be done.
Places mentioned
Wormelow hundred, Herefordshire
Wilton, [Herefordshire]
Byrches (Much Birch and Little Birch), [Herefordshire].
People mentioned
Henry de Grey, Lord of Wilton.
Note
Edited in Rot. Parl. vol. II pp.73b-74a (no. 3) as belonging to 8 Edward III (25 January 1334-24 January 1335), and confirmed as belonging to this year by PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp.73-89, no.3.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.73b-74a (no.3) (full edition of later copy of original 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), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp.73-89, no.3 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517969/

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