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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Fitz Hugh, knight. Fitz Hugh William Commons of parliament. William Fitz...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/24/1191
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/24/1191
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1425]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Fitz Hugh, knight.
- Name(s)
- Fitz Hugh, William
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Nature of request
- William Fitz Hugh, knight complains of irregularities in the inquisition taken on a writ of diem clausit extremum after the death of his father, with the intention of delaying and obstructing him from his heritage. He asks the commons to ask the King and lords, to grant, by authority of parliament, a commission to unbiased people, in the nature of a diem clausit extremum, to enquire into his father's lands and tenements. And because the Sheriff and Coroners of Yorkshire are of the affinity of his adversaries, to send a warrant to an unbiased person to empanel a jury, with various penalties to compel them to give their verdict; so that if it is found that his father held no lands and tenements of the King in chief by knight service, or in some other way requiring wardship and marriage, he might be able to have possession of them, saving the rights of others.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Soit baille as seignurs (It is to be delivered to the lords). (on front)[On dorse] A writ is to be issued to the Escheator of Yorkshire, to return the writ of diem clausit extremum addressed to him after the death of Sir Henry Fitz Hugh, knight, with the inquisition taken on it, if there was one, on the Tuesday following the feast of St Peter Ad Vincula next, on pain of a penalty of £100. And if no such inquisition is returned on the said Tuesday, then the Chancellor is to have power, by authority of parliament, to give a commission to John de Etton, knight, John Bygod, knight and Christopher Conyers, or to any others at his discretion, in the nature of a diem clausit extremum, as is desired by the petition.
- Places mentioned
- Everwyk (York)
- Yorkshire
- Burghbridge (Boroughbridge), [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry [Fitz Hugh], Lord Fitz Hugh, father of petitioner
- John [le Scrope of Masham], Lord Scrope
- Henry [le Scrope of Masham], Lord Scrope
- John de Etton, knight
- John Bygod (Bigod), knight
- Christopher Conyers.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament held at Westminster in April, 3 Henry VI (1425) (Rot. Parl. vol. IV pp.288a-289a).
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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 4290
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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. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.288a-289a (transcription of petition on parliament roll: text unmodified)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061362/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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