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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Joan de Staveley, daughter of William de Staveley. de Staveley Joan King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/16/762
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This record is about the Joan de Staveley, daughter of William de Staveley. de Staveley Joan King and council.... dating from [1327-1335] 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 8/16/762
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327-1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Joan de Staveley, daughter of William de Staveley.
- Name(s)
- de Staveley, Joan
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Joan, daughter of William de Staveley, states that she brought an assise of novel disseisin before William de Herle and his companions at York, against Thomas de Fetherstanehalgh and Alexander his brother, concerning a free tenement in Sedbergh in Lonsdale, but that this assize has been pending from the quindene of Easter until the octaves of Michaelmas last, because the brothers produced a charter of the king's father, which included a reversion to the present king. Because the reversion touches the king, the justices have stayed proceedings, and she requests that the king order them to hold the assize.
- Nature of endorsement
- The justices are to be ordered etc. to continue to the final determination of the matter, notwithstanding etc., but that they do not pronounce judgment without advising the king.
- Places mentioned
- Everwyk (York)
- Sedbergh, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Lonsdale, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- William de Staveley, knight, father of the petitioner
- William de Herle, justice
- Thomas de Fetherstanehalgh
- Alexander [de Fetherstanehalgh], brother of Thomas de Fetherstanehalgh.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- On the reverse of the petition a modern hand has written '1327-9 or 1331-5' with reference to William de Herle and his companions. On the evidence of the Close Rolls, both Fetherstanehalgh brothers are active during this period.
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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 7320
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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.399b (no.119) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060903/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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