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Hamon de Mascy (Massey) of Cheshire. de Mascy (Massey) Hamon King and council. Mascy...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/323/E551

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This record is about the Hamon de Mascy (Massey) of Cheshire. de Mascy (Massey) Hamon King and council. Mascy... dating from [c. 1296] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/323/E551
Date
[c. 1296]
Description
Petitioners
Hamon de Mascy (Massey) of Cheshire.
Name(s)
de Mascy (Massey), Hamon
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Mascy requests remedy as he has no land outside of the county of Chester but the justice of Chester by writ of judgment compels him to answer before the justices of the Bench to the executors of Edmund the king's brother in a plea of wardship when the people of Cheshire from the time out of memory do not answer anywhere except before the justice of Chester.
Nature of endorsement
Because the original plea is of the county of Lancashire . . . then it should be impleaded before the justices of the Bench.
Places mentioned
Cheshire
Lancashire.
People mentioned
Edmund [Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster], brother of the king.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1296 as the petition refers to the executors of Edmund, earl of Lancaster, the king's brother.
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/C9529603/

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