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William de Grafton and his twenty-three companions. de Grafton William King. Grafton...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/318/E310

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SC 8/318/E310
Date
[1311-1313]
Description
Petitioners
William de Grafton and his twenty-three companions.
Name(s)
de Grafton, William
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Grafton requests that it be commanded that the robes that the king promised to them, the poor brothers of York at York be delivered and that the keepers be commanded to deliver them, and if they do not have sufficient then it be taken from the manor of Ribston.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Yorkshire
Ribston, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Alexander de Cave, keeper [of the lands of the Templars in Yorkshire]
[Robert de] Annekotes (Ancoats), keeper [of the lands of the Templars in Yorkshire].
Note
The petition is dated to 1311-1313 as Cave and Ancoats were acting as keepers of the Templar lands during these years, they first appearing in December 1311, and having been removed from office by 3 January 1314 (CPR 1307-13, pp. 415, 440, 467; CCR 1307-13, pp.384, 480, 516; CCR 1313-18, pp.11, 24, 35).
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/318/E311

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/C9529362/

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