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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
Ellen de Clayton, widow of Thomas de Clayton. de Clayton Ellen King and council Clayton...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/39/1927
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This record is about the Ellen de Clayton, widow of Thomas de Clayton. de Clayton Ellen King and council Clayton... dating from [c. 1322] 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 8/39/1927
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Ellen de Clayton, widow of Thomas de Clayton.
- Name(s)
- de Clayton, Ellen
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Clayton shows that she and her husband were given the vill of Osmanthorpe. Afterwards Thomas de Clayton who is now dead wished to enfeoff Tony, but he could not enter because of the Templars who were chief lords. Afterwards the earl of Lancaster claimed the lands as his escheat, and they are now in the king's hand by the earl's forfeiture. Clayton requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- She should show what she has etc. and it should be inquired etc. and the king should be consulted.Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Osmanthorpe, [Nottinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Clayton, late husband of the petitioner
- Richard Tony
- The Templars
- Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition must date to c. 1322 as the petition seems to follow very shortly after the fall of Thomas of Lancaster.
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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 1447
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062130/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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