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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Estafford (Stafford) de Estafford (Stafford) William King and council...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/45/2240
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This record is about the William de Estafford (Stafford) de Estafford (Stafford) William King and council... dating from [c. 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/45/2240
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Estafford (Stafford)
- Name(s)
- de Estafford (Stafford), William
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- William de Estafford complains that Thomas de Furnyval the son seized him and held him in his castle of Alton, and the Sheriff of Staffordshire seized his lands, goods and chattels and he . . . reason, for which, if you please, he requests deliverance on sufficient mainprise to answer . . . if it please him, which lands, goods and chattels have been delivered by the said Sheriff to Roger de . . ..
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Alvetone (Alton), [Staffordshire]
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Furnyval (Furnival) the son
- the Sheriff of Staffordshire
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1327-30 p.91 is dated at Peterborough, 8 April 1327. This petition, although not requesting such a commission, is likely to date from around the same time.
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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 2957
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.91 (commission of oyer et terminer on complaint by William de Estafford the elder that Thomas de Furnyval the younger and others assaulted him at Alton and carried away his goods)
- The 'Lists and Indexes' of records at the Public Record Office, Collections for a History of Staffordshi, J.C. Wedgwood, (Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucest, 1912), p.212 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062450/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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