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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Gilbert de Masyntone. de Masyntone Gilbert King and council. Masyntone complains...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/14/696
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/14/696
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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
- Gilbert de Masyntone.
- Name(s)
- de Masyntone, Gilbert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Masyntone complains that Botiller by his great wickedness and the lordship of Despenser took his plough oxen to Hugh's manor of Tewkesbury and detained them there, and also distrained him in diverse ways until he granted land in the vill of Hardwicke to Botiller. Masyntone was also forced to make an obligation in £100 to come into the king's court to levy a fine to Botiller, and after having come into court and rendered the land to Botiller, he still retained the obligation and impleaded Masyntone by a writ of debt. Masyntone requests remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should sue and defend himself at the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Worcestershire
- Gloucestershire
- Staffordshire
- Tewkesbury, [Gloucestershire]
- Hardwicke, Gloucestershire.
- People mentioned
- John le Botyler (Botiller) de Lanultyt
- , steward of Hugh le Despenser the son in Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Stafford
- Hugh le Despenser the son.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Like SC 8/14/695, which also complains about Botiller, this is likely to date to 1327. As Botiller is stated to be the former steward, suggest that this is after Despenser's fall.
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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 5558
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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), pp.385b-386a (no.40) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060837/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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