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William de Northoo. de Northoo William King and council. William de Northoo requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/6/254

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Reference
SC 8/6/254
Date
[1321-1322]
Description
Petitioners
William de Northoo.
Name(s)
de Northoo, William
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
William de Northoo requests that he might be able to give one messuage, one virgate of land, and sixty shillings worth of rent in Edburton, Southwick, Kingston and New Shoreham to the chaplain of the church of St Andrew, Edburton, and to his successors in perpetuity, according to the form of a writ of the king of Ad quod dampnum and of the inquest held on this, which were returned into Chancery after Trinity last; and that the said chaplain and his successors might be able to purchase a further forty shillings worth of land and rent, to increase their income and maintain the service of God.
Nature of endorsement
He is to have a writ of ad quod dampnum.
Places mentioned
Edburtone (Edburton), [Sussex]
Suthewik (Southwick), [Sussex]
Kyngeston (Kingston), [Sussex]
Novel Shorham (New Shoreham), [Sussex].
People mentioned
Chaplain of the church of St Andrew, Edburton.
Note
One of a collection of petitions published on pages 387ff of Rot. Parl., vol I., which all seem to date from around 1322. This dating is confirmed by PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp. 387-415, which dates these petitions to 15 or 16 Edward II (1321-1323).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6147
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.400b, no.77 (full edition of original petition)
  • 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), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl. vol. I, pp.387-415, no.77 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060374/

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