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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de la Hethe Hethe John King and council John de la Hethe states that he had...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/52/2551
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/52/2551
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327-1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de la Hethe
- Name(s)
- Hethe, John
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- John de la Hethe states that he had empleaded Edmund, late Earl of Arundel in the King's Bench for ten years and more by a writ of entry founded on novel disseisin concerning the manor of Heath, of which John Fith Aleyn the elder disseised his father, and that this plea was discontinued through the Earl's deception. Roger de Mortimer has now seized the manor into the king's hand as warden, as he says. John requests grace and a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- The muniments which belonged to the Earl are to be searched, to see if anything can be found which might bar John from his claim.
- Places mentioned
- La Hethe (Heath), [Shropshire]
- Shrewsbury, [Shropshire]
- People mentioned
- Edmund [Fitz Alan], Earl of Arundel
- John Fith Aleyn (Fitz Alan) the elder
- John de la Hethe, father of petitioner
- Roger de Mortimer
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1327 - 1330, with reference to the Earl of Arundel, who was executed on 17 November 1326, and Roger Mortimer, who was executed on 29 November 1330. The petition must date from some time between those two dates.
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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 4348
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.415a (no.206) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062766/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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