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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard de Wikes. de Wikes Richard King and council. Richard de Wikes states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/16/796
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/16/796
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard de Wikes.
- Name(s)
- de Wikes, Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Richard de Wikes states that he had purchased various tenements in Windlesham from Thomas de la Knolle, but that Thomas ejected him from them, and enfeoffed Eleanor, his mother, for the term of her life; she then enfeoffed William de Keynes and Alice his wife. Richard brought an assize of novel disseisin, and recovered the tenements. However, Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester, Thomas de la Knolle and others then ejected him, because he refused to relinquish his right to Hugh. Hugh then held the tenements until his forfeiture, and they are now in the king's seisin. Richard requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- The muniments which belonged to Hugh are to be searched to see if anything can be found on behalf of the king which might bar etc., and if nothing is found, the king will provide a remedy.
- Places mentioned
- Windlesham, [Surrey].
- People mentioned
- Thomas de la Knolle
- Eleanor [de la Knolle]
- William de Keynes
- Alice [de Keynes]
- Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This must date from fairly soon after the fall of the Despensers.
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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 8402
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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.407a (no. 163) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060937/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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