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? No Petitioner named Council It is stated that the land held by Ainesworth by courtesy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/44/2173
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Council It is stated that the land held by Ainesworth by courtesy... dating from [c. 1367-c. 1377] 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 8/44/2173
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1367-c. 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Addressees
- Council
- Nature of request
- It is stated that the land held by Ainesworth by courtesy of England should have escheated to the king by Ainesworth's forfeiture but were seized by Duke Henry by whom they came to Radcliffe for the term of his life. He held the manor for 16 years and more. These matters were confirmed by inquisition and the king entered the manor and leased it to Duke John. The king has been poorly served and if he doesn't take hasty action to recover the arrears due from Radcliffe his executors will have disposed of his goods.
- Nature of endorsement
- No endorsement.
- Places mentioned
- Middleton, [Lancashire]
- Duchy of Lancaster.
- People mentioned
- John de Aynesworth (Ainesworth)
- Matilda [de Dynesworth], wife of John de Dynesworth
- Adam [de Knoll], son of Ellis de Knoll
- Henry [of Grosmont], Duke of Lancaster
- Nicholas del Pantery
- William [de Radeclif (Radcliffe)], son of Robert de Radcliffe
- John [of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is difficult to date. The petition itself refers to Henry duke of Lancaster seizing the manor, and this seems likely to have been Grosmont rather than his father. Radcliffe who had the manor from Grosmont's lessee, the petition informs us, held it for 16 years or more. Following this the manor was leased by the king to John of Gaunt. This securely takes the petition post-1361. In 1369 Ainesworth's son was making his claim to the manor, and the manor was already in the king's hand by then, but no mention is made of Gaunt's tenure (CIM 1348-77, no.708). The guard suggests that, as this petition was addressed to the council, it could date to 1377, but whether this suggestion is of any great merit is difficult to say. It is likely that the petition dates between the late 1360s and 1377.
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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 219
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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)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. III, 22-51 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1937), no.708 (writ and inquisition concerning John son of John de Ainesworth's claims to Middleton)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062383/
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