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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Furnival. de Furnival William King and council The petitioner states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/48/2362
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/48/2362
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1365]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Furnival.
- Name(s)
- de Furnival, William
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The petitioner states that he was bound to the bishop of Durham by indenture in £1000 and as security he enfeoffed certain persons in his lands and tenements in Stokeuerdon, who then re-enfeoffed William and one Thomasine (who the petitioner undertook to marry), which was recorded in writing more than eleven years previously. And now the bishop in his great malice has pursued the implementation of the indenture, alleging that the said enfeoffment was never made and by a coroner's inquest condemned the petitioner to pay and thus ruin him. The petitioner seeks a remedy from the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Stokeuerdon (Stoke Farthing), [Wiltshire]
- Wiltshire.
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Hatfield], Bishop of Durham
- Thomasine [unidentified], the intended bride of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to c. 1365 on the basis that the marriage of the petitioner had taken place by early 1366 and another dispute with the bishop of Durham had been resolved: CPR 1364-7, p. 212.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/46/2291
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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 3489
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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/C9062573/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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