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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
Robert son of Stephen (Fitz Stephen) and Alan son of Adam (Fitz Adam) of Abington...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/45/2241
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This record is about the Robert son of Stephen (Fitz Stephen) and Alan son of Adam (Fitz Adam) of Abington... dating from [1272-c. 1290] 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 8/45/2241
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1272-c. 1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert son of Stephen (Fitz Stephen) and Alan son of Adam (Fitz Adam) of Abington
- Name(s)
- Stephen (Fitz Stephen); Adam (Fitz Adam), Robert; Alan
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Robert Fitz Stephen and Alan Fitz Adam of Abingdon state that John de Comton and other unknown people, on the orders of Hamo de Southho, stole their cattle from their pasture in Abington, and chased them away as far as a bog called Holewelle, where they caught them. The Constable of the vill attached Robert, Alan and John de Comton to appear at the next county court, where Hamo had the then Sheriff of Cambridgeshire arrest them; and they were imprisoned until they had made fine with Hamo: on account of which they have lost their lands and goods. They request a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- In Chancery because of the trespass.
- Places mentioned
- Abington, [Cambridgeshire]
- Honour of Boloyne
- Holewelle bog [unidentified], [Cambridgeshire]
- People mentioned
- Hamo de Southho, Steward of the Honour of Boloyne
- John de Comton, Bailiff of Hamo de Southho
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- No dating, but the hand and the beavertail 's' on Southho must date it to before about 1290.
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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 254
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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/C9062451/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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