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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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James de Wyssyngsete (Wissett). de Wyssyngsete (Wissett) James King and council Wyssyngsete...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/12/573
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This record is about the James de Wyssyngsete (Wissett). de Wyssyngsete (Wissett) James King and council Wyssyngsete... dating from [? 1335] 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 8/12/573
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- James de Wyssyngsete (Wissett).
- Name(s)
- de Wyssyngsete (Wissett), James
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Wyssyngsete requests that he be released or pardoned from the debt for the custody of the lands and tenements of Richard le Rous for which he is being distrained by writs of Exchequer which are due to the king from the time of Edward I. He requests that the issues for the farm of the land be paid in instalments in certain terms.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to pay the annual farm in instalments of 40s. per annum from the £31.
- People mentioned
- Richard le Rous.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1335 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.90, noting these to be petitions in parliament for 9 Edward III.
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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 8596
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.93b (no.18) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060711/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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