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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Henry Atte Hok (Hook). Hok (Hook) Henry King and council. Henry Atte Hok states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/17/848
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This record is about the Henry Atte Hok (Hook). Hok (Hook) Henry King and council. Henry Atte Hok states that... dating from [c. 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 8/17/848
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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
- Henry Atte Hok (Hook).
- Name(s)
- Hok (Hook), Henry
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Henry Atte Hok states that he had purchased a messuage and a carucate of land, with appurtenances, in Lydiard Tregoze and 2 s. of rent in Cricklade, but that Hugh le Despenser the father, because the land was close to his manor of Vastern, entered his land and held it by force, and carried him off to Vastern, where he held him for a week and forced him to make a quitclaim to him. He requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- If the deed was done after the exile, he is to sue the process ordained by statute.
- Places mentioned
- Lydiard Tregoze, [Wiltshire]
- Cricklade, [Wiltshire]
- La Fasterne (Vastern), [Wiltshire].
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser the father.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This must date to just after the Despensers' 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 3969
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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.416a (no.215) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060991/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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