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? No Petitioner named Writ from Edward III to William de Spipwyth, whom he has instructed...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/18/868J
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/18/868J
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1359
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Writ from Edward III to William de Spipwyth, whom he has instructed to receive the attorneys appointed by the Abbot and Convent of Thornton to sue in Chancery for the recovery of their manor of Carlton near Bassingham, which Walter de Kolby, the king's escheator in Lincolnshire, has seized into the king's hand for certain reasons, telling him to send their names to Chancery under his seal.
- Nature of endorsement
- By virtue of this writ, I, William de Skipwyth, have received John de Gerlethorp and John de Drakenholm, jointly and separately as attorneys of the Abbot and Convent of Thornton, as this writ requires.
- Places mentioned
- Carleton (Carlton le Moorland), [Lincolnshire]
- Bassingham, [Lincolnshire]
- Thornton on Humber (Thornton Curtis), [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward [III], King of England
- William de Spipwyth (Skipwith)
- Abbot and Convent of Thornton
- Walter de Kolby (Kelby), the escheator of Lincolnshire
- John de Gerlethorp, attorney of Abbot of Thornton
- John de Drakenholm, attorney of Abbot of Thornton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated 20 October 33 Edward III in England, and 20 in France (1359)According to the List of Escheators, Walter de Kelby of Lincoln was escheator in Lincolnshire between 26 October 1357 and 5 March 1372.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related letters patent of Edward III see SC 8/18/868F
For the petition which led to this writ see SC 8/18/869A
For the resulting instructions to the escheator, see SC 8/18/869B
For an earlier petition relating to the Abbot of Thornton's tenements in Carlton see SC 8/18/868E
For a related writ from Edward II to the sheriff of Lincolnshire see SC 8/18/868C
For a letter relating to this petition from Edward II to William de Bereford see SC 8/18/868B
For a transcript of related legal proceedings see SC 8/18/868D
For a letter resulting from that inquisition see SC 8/18/868H
For a related petition, see SC 8/175/8743
see also for a letter relating to this petition from Edward II to Henry le Scrope SC 8/18/868A
For the inquisition held as a result of these letters patent see SC 8/18/868G
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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 7962
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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)
- Latin
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061019/
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