Catalogue description Petitioners: Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster. Name(s): of Lancaster; Earl...

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Details of SC 8/56/2776
Reference: SC 8/56/2776
Description:
Petitioners: Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster.
Name(s): of Lancaster; Earl of Lancaster, Henry
Addressees: King and council.
Nature of request: The petitioner came before the king and his council at York on the quindene of the nativity of St John the Baptist year sixteen of the king and stated that the king's grandfather granted various lands to the petitioner's father of which the petitioner is the next heir. He asked the king to grant him these lands now in the king's hands and the charters concerning them that are also in the king's custody. The king answered that Edmund had another son called Thomas, whom the petitioner omitted to mention in his petition on account of the king's judgement. As to this petition he responded that it is in lieu of a writ to the common law and that the petitioner should bring such a writ. The petitioner accepted the king's advice and would return to the matter at the quindene of Michaelmas next.
Nature of endorsement: [None]
Places mentioned: York.
People mentioned: Edmund [of Lancaster], father of the petitioner; Thomas [of Lancaster], brother of the petitioner.
Note: Datable on internal evidence to 1322.
Date: [c. 1322]
Related material:

For a related petition see SC 8/332/15791B

For a related petition see SC 8/332/15791A

For a related petition see SC 8/174/8675

For a related petition see SC 8/124/6156
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: Parliamentary Petition 4725
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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