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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard de Williamscot. de Williamscot Richard King and council. Williamscot complains...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/14/681
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This record is about the Richard de Williamscot. de Williamscot Richard King and council. Williamscot complains... 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 8/14/681
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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
- Richard de Williamscot.
- Name(s)
- de Williamscot, Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Williamscot complains that he was with Berkeley who sided with the earl of Lancaster against the Despenser's. After Berkeley's surrender Hugh Despenser the father seized Williamscot's lands into the king's hands and subsequently Williamscot granted to Despenser the reversion of some of his land in Noke by a fine levied in the king's court. The lands are now in the king's hand by the death of the tenant and Despenser's evil purchase. Williamscot requests remedy
- Nature of endorsement
- He should sue in King's Bench in accordance with the statute for cancelling fines.
- Places mentioned
- Noke, [Oxfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Maurice de Berkele (Berkeley)
- [Thomas of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
- Hugh le Despenser, [Earl of Winchester], the father
- Hugh le Despenser, the son
- Richard de Bere.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The event described in the petition clearly occur from 1322 onwards, following the defeat of the baronial rebels and the execution of Thomas of Lancaster. As Williamscot refers to his exile abroad for a year or more, and to the Despensers as 'enemies of our lord the king' this cannot date earlier than their overthrow in 1326, and presumably is actually a petition of early Edward III, probably 1327.
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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 8422
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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.382a (no.24) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060822/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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