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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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John de la Lee; Robert de Grotton; Agnes de Grotton, wife of Robert de Grotton; Philip...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/57/2827
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This record is about the John de la Lee; Robert de Grotton; Agnes de Grotton, wife of Robert de Grotton; Philip... dating from [c. 1322] 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 8/57/2827
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de la Lee; Robert de Grotton; Agnes de Grotton, wife of Robert de Grotton; Philip de Clayton; Isabel de Clayton, wife of Philip de Clayton.
- Name(s)
- Lee; de Grotton; de Grotton; de Clayton; de Clayton, John; Robert; Agnes; Philip; Isabel
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek the peaceable use of Towneley Chase (appurtenant to the manor of Towneley in Blackburnshire) after the manner of their ancestors since time without memory. They show that Richard de Touneley (father of Agnes and Isabel) held the manor of Towneley to which the chase is attached, which manor and chase descended to Agnes, Isabel, and Cecile, after Richard's death. Later the chase was in the lordship of the earl of Lancaster, who hindered the petitioners in its use by his power etc., which hindrance was continued by the king's bailiffs to whom the lordship passed by reason of forfeiture.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let then have an enquiry into the truth of their estate and returned into chancery, and let them have the same in the meantime.
- Places mentioned
- Towneley, [Lancashire]
- Blackburnshire, [Lancashire]
- Towneley Chase, [Lancashire].
- People mentioned
- Richard de Touneley, father of Agnes de Grotton and Isabel de Clayton
- Cecile [de Touneley]
- [Thomas of Lancaster], late Earl of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated from internal references to the fall of Thomas of Lancaster in 1322.
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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 4897
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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/C9063047/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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