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William Shetford Shetford William Commons of parliament William Shetford states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/29/1448
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/29/1448
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1473]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Shetford
- Name(s)
- Shetford, William
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament
- Nature of request
- William Shetford states that his father was wrongly disseised of his inheritance of half of certain manors in Cornwall by Thomas Bodulgate, the heir to the other half, and that after Thomas' death at the battle of Barnet, this disseisin has been continued by his widow, Elizabeth and her new husband, John Welles, and also Isabel Rescarek and Joan Coryngton. He asks the commons to ask the king, by authority of parliament, to authorise the Chancellor and the Justices of either Bench to call the parties before them and to examine their right and title, with further provisions for the punishment of any party found to have done wrong, and for his damages and security in his possessions, if his title is found to be good.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be sent to the Lords (on face).Let it be done as is desired (on dorse).
- Places mentioned
- Trecorn (Trecorme), Cornwall
- Hamet (Hammet), Cornwall
- Douenant (Dannett), Cornwall
- Deliowe (Deli), Cornwall
- Deliowbell (Delabole), Cornwall
- Delioweboleyn [unidentified], Cornwall
- Deliowecarboleyn [unidentified], Cornwall
- Lamelyn, Cornwall
- Barnet, [Hertfordshire]
- People mentioned
- William Bruyen, knight
- Joan [Bruyen], sister and heir of William Bruyen
- Edward Shetford, grandfather of petitioner
- Piers [Shetford], father of petitioner
- Alice [Bruyen], sister and heir of William Bruyen
- Thomas Bodulgate, kinsman and heir to Alice Bruyen
- Elizabeth [Bodulgate], wife of Thomas Bodulgate
- John Welles, current husband of Elizabeth Bodulgate
- Isabel Rescarek, widow
- Joan Coryngton, widow
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament summoned at Westminster in October 1472 (12 Edward IV) and prorogued a number of times until January 1475 (Rot. Parl. vol. VI, pp.70a-71a). According to p.70a, this petition was presented on 6 October, 13 Edward IV (1473).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A document from the same session of parliament formerly attached to this is C 49/37/8
For a related warrant see C 49/37/11
A petition from the same session of parliament formerly attached to this is SC 8/29/1447
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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 4027
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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)
- English
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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. VI, Edw IV, Ric III and Hen VII, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.70a-71a (transcription of petition on parliament roll: text unmodified)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061637/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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