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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William le English. English William King and council. The petitioner asks that Edmund...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/57/2837
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/57/2837
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1336]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William le English.
- Name(s)
- English, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner asks that Edmund and Margery be ordered to acknowledge (by the service of a clove) the king's grant of the reversion of the manor of Little Strickland to him. He states that the manor came into the king's hands through the forfeiture of Andrew Harclay, who granted the manor to Boyvill, his wife and the heirs of their bodies, rendering to him and his heirs a clove. Edmund and Margery (who remain without heirs) leased the manor to Robert for his lifetime, and the petitioner sued Edmund, Margery and Robert that they satisfy him in the aforesaid service, which their attorney has informed him they will not do. Nevertheless, Robert le English commits waste on the said manor.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let him have a writ of venire facias under the charter made to him, to make the tenants come before the king to attorn according to the terms of the charter and from the king's order.
- Places mentioned
- Little Strickland, [Westmorland]
- Westmorland.
- People mentioned
- Andrew de Harclay
- Edmund de Boyvill
- Margery [de Boyvill], wife of Edmund de Boyvill
- Robert le English.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- An apparent terminus a quo is established by the reference to the passing of the manor to Robert in CCR 1333-7, p.387.
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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 4729
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.387 (manor to be handed to Robert le English)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063057/
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