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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas de Say. de Say Thomas King and council. Thomas de Say states that his father,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/18/859
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/18/859
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327-1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas de Say.
- Name(s)
- de Say, Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Thomas de Say states that his father, Henry, whose heir he is, purchased the manor of Tolworth with its appurtenances for himself and Joan his wife and Henry's heirs; and he died seised of this manor. After his death Joan continued his estate and married Thomas Corbet, and they alienated the manor to Hugh le Despenser the son. Because of this alienation, Thomas, who was then under age, entered the manor and was seised until Hugh expelled him. Hugh then continued his estate until his death; and the Earl of Kent has now entered the manor in the king's name. Thomas requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to sue at common law against the Earl of Kent.
- Places mentioned
- Tolworth, [Surrey].
- People mentioned
- Henry de Say, father of petitioner
- Joan [de Say], wife of Henry de Say
- Thomas Corbet
- Hugh le Despenser the son
- [Edmund of Woodstock], Earl of Kent.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition must date from between the death of Hugh le Despenser on 24 November 1326 and that of Edmund of Woodstock on 19 March 1330.
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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 7332
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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.417b, no.225 (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061002/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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