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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Edmund Peverel, kinsman and heir of Walter de Langton, bishop of Chester. Peverel...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/14/675
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This record is about the Edmund Peverel, kinsman and heir of Walter de Langton, bishop of Chester. Peverel... dating from [1327] 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 8/14/675
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Edmund Peverel, kinsman and heir of Walter de Langton, bishop of Chester.
- Name(s)
- Peverel, Edmund
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Peverel states that Langton gave the manors of Fulbrook, Westhall and Swinbrook to Watchesham for life, reserving the reversion. Watchesham gave them to Despenser, and they are now in the king's hand by his forfeiture. He requests remedy so that justice is done to him.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should wait until Watchesham is dead.
- Places mentioned
- Fulbrook, [Oxfordshire]
- Westhall, [Oxfordshire]
- Swinbrook, [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Walter de Langton, Bishop of Chester (Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield), kinsman of the petitioner
- Giles de Watchesham
- Hugh le Despenser, [Earl of Winchester], the father.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Clearly an early petition of the reign of Edward III, for this deals with the lands that had come into the hand of the king following the death and forfeiture of Hugh le Despenser the elder.
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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 6591
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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 Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.945 (writ to the sheriff of Oxford, and extent of the manors of Fulbrook and Westhalle)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.380a (no.13) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060816/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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