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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
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Walter de Hungerford and Elizabeth de Hungerford his wife de Hungerford; de Hungerford...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/53/2627
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This record is about the Walter de Hungerford and Elizabeth de Hungerford his wife de Hungerford; de Hungerford... dating from [c. 1329-c. 1338] 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 8/53/2627
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1329-c. 1338]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter de Hungerford and Elizabeth de Hungerford his wife
- Name(s)
- de Hungerford; de Hungerford, Walter; Elizabeth
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Walter de Hungerford and Elizabeth his wife request execution of a fine through which the manor of Hanthorpe ought to descend to Elizabeth, on which they have sued a scire facias before Geoffrey Lescrop and his companions, justices of King's Bench, and which has been delayed for four years and more.
- Nature of endorsement
- The justices are to be ordered by a writ containing the effect of this petition to put the party to answer the scire facias in this case.
- Places mentioned
- Ermesthorp (Hanthorpe), [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Geoffrey Lescrop (Scrope), justice of King's Bench: Alice . . . stede [missing due to damage to ms]
- Adam Fitz John, father of Elizabeth de Hungerford
- Elizabeth [Fitz John] his wife, mother of Elizabeth de Hungerford
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable by the legal career of Geoffrey Le Scrope. Walter de Hungerford of Farleigh, Somerset, b.c.1314, m. (c. 1329) Elizabeth FitzJohn (b.1312, dau of Sir Adam FitzJohn of Cherill).
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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 3967
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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/C9062843/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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