Simon de Drayton. de Drayton Simon King and council. Drayton requests remedy and...

Petitioners

Simon de Drayton.

Name(s)

de Drayton, Simon

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Drayton requests remedy and restitution of his land because, when he was underage and a ward of Edward I, the approvers in the forest of Rockingham enclosed the land belonging to his manor in the forest and arrented it to John de Drayton. The arrented land is at a place called Prescroft in his manor, but the approvers returned that the land is at a place called Lund, which is not in his manor.

Nature of endorsement

There should be an inquisition in the presence of the justice's lieutenant or the steward into all the things contained in the petition, which inquisition should be returned in Chancery and justice done.

Places mentioned

Rockingham forest, [Northamptonshire]

Prescroft [unidentified], [Northamptonshire]

Lund, [Northamptonshire].

People mentioned

Edward [I], King of England

John de Drayton.

For a related inquisition ad quod damnum see C 143/241/21