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William de Whytegift (Whitgift). de Whytegift (Whitgift) William King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/10/485
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This record is about the William de Whytegift (Whitgift). de Whytegift (Whitgift) William King and council.... dating from [1305-1307] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/10/485
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305-1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Whytegift (Whitgift).
- Name(s)
- de Whytegift (Whitgift), William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- William, son of Richard de Whytegift, states that although he had taken refuge with God and Holy Church for a trespass which he had committed, his enemies and God's took him by force from the cemetery, where he had embraced the cross, and had him imprisoned at York. Therefore, according to the franchise of Holy Church, a writ was sent to the sheriff of Yorkshire, asking that his body be returned to Holy Church; but the sheriff refused to do anything. Therefore William requests that he might be able to enjoy the franchise of Holy Church again.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to have a writ as before; and he is to do what the king has commanded or give the reason why etc.
- Places mentioned
- Everwik (York).
- People mentioned
- Richard de Whytegift, father of the petitioner
- [William de Houk (Hookes)], sheriff of Yorkshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1302-1307, p.286 is dated at Rayleigh, 16 August 1305, and may be either the response to this petition, or the previous writ which this petition mentions.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.148 of PRO 31/7/93
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 8591
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.286 (instructions to the sheriff to return William to the state he was in before)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.476b, no.94 (full edition of original document)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060611/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: SC
Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...
Within the series: SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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William de Whytegift (Whitgift). de Whytegift (Whitgift) William King and council....