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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Executors of Edmund the king's brother. Council. The executors request remedy and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/329/E957
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/329/E957
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1298]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Executors of Edmund the king's brother.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The executors request remedy and that the king will remove his hand from the manor of Harston as they ought to have the custody of the manor because Richard, kinsman and heir of Richard de [Grey] held the manor in chief from Earl Edmund but the escheator has taken the manor into the king's hand because Richard held the manor of Sandiacre in chief of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the inquisition be examined and considered.
- Places mentioned
- Harston, Leicestershire
- Sandiacre, [Derbyshire].
- People mentioned
- Edmund [Crouchback, Earl of Leicester], brother of the king
- Richard [Grey], kinsman and heir of Richard de [Grey].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1298 as Edmund, earl of Lancaster died in 1296, and the inquisition post mortem of Richard de Grey took place over 26 and 27 Edw. I, 1298-1299, and the petition must date to around this time (CIPM, vol. III, no. 467).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a closely related and contemporary petition, see SC 8/329/E958
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. III, 20-28-Edw I, (Public Record Office, 1912), no.467 (inquisition post mortem of Richard de Grey)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682952/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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