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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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William de Leveseye. de Leveseye William King and council. The petitioner seeks recovery...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/58/2872
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This record is about the William de Leveseye. de Leveseye William King and council. The petitioner seeks recovery... 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 8/58/2872
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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
- William de Leveseye.
- Name(s)
- de Leveseye, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks recovery of a messuage and carucate of land in Aighton, now in the king's hands through the forfeiture [of Thomas of Lancaster]. He states that he was imprisoned by Thomas of Lancaster and Robert de Holland in Pontefract Castle for more than one year because he was in the company of ... and not released until he granted a messuage and carucate of land ... to Richard de Holland by the procurement ... These matters were witnessed in truth by Thomas of Lancaster ...
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Pontefract, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Aighton, [Lancashire]
- Blackburnshire, [Lancashire].
- People mentioned
- Thomas [of Lancaster], late Earl of Lancaster
- Robert de Holland
- Richard de Holland, cousin of Robert de Holland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the basis of internal evidence, to the period immediately after 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 4780
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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/C9063092/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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