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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Sibyl de Metham, widow of John de Metham. de Metham Sibyl King and council. Metham...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/61/3013
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This record is about the Sibyl de Metham, widow of John de Metham. de Metham Sibyl King and council. Metham... dating from [1325] 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 8/61/3013
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Sibyl de Metham, widow of John de Metham.
- Name(s)
- de Metham, Sibyl
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Metham requests remedy as she was jointly seised of a moiety of the manor of Pollington with her husband to be held to them and the heirs of their body. After her husband's death she continued in seisin until the king by Dayvill made an enquiry into which lands Thomas de Methan held when he was outlawed in Nottinghamshire, and it was found before Dayvill was seised of lands by the inquisition where she was not warned, nor party or demanded in the judgement.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let faithful people be assigned in Chancery to enquire of the truth of the contents of the petition in the presence of the keeper in the same place and the inquisition be returned. And let justice be done in this part.
- Places mentioned
- Pollington, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Nottinghamshire
- Pontefract, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- John de Metham, late husband of the petitioner
- Thomas Dayvill (Deyvill), Steward of Pontefract
- Thomas de Metham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1325 for the commission for the inquest to enquire of the matter was issued early in 1325 and the inquisition was held in January 1326 (CIM 1307-49, no.791). The issues were not restored until 20 February 1326. (CCR 1323-7, p.455).
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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 5604
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.455 (order to Deyvill not to meddle further with the moiety of the manor of Pollington, and to restore the issues to the petitioner)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.791 (inquisition concerning Metham's tenure of Pollington)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106775/
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