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Nicholas de Bluntesdon (Blunsdon), chaplain. de Bluntesdon; Blunsdon Nicholas King....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/1/14

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This record is about the Nicholas de Bluntesdon (Blunsdon), chaplain. de Bluntesdon; Blunsdon Nicholas King.... dating from [1290] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/1/14
Date
[1290]
Description
Petitioners
Nicholas de Bluntesdon (Blunsdon), chaplain.
Name(s)
de Bluntesdon; Blunsdon, Nicholas
Addressees
King.
Occupation
chaplain
Nature of request
Bluntesdon requests the return of 9 villeins and the 10 virgates of land which they hold in the vill of Over Stratton, which villains with their lands Bluntesden delivered to Adam de Stratton for the life of Bluntesdon. And it has come to pass that Adam de Stratton has forfeited so that he is not able to hold the lands. And for this he petitions for the king's grace.
Nature of endorsement
Coram domino rege.
Places mentioned
Over Stratton, [Somerset]
Wiltshire.
People mentioned
Adam de Stratton.
Note
The petition is dated to 1290 and this derives from a related petition in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.61b (no.194).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 409
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.61b (no.194) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no. 227 (edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060126/

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