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Adam de Morleh (Morley). de Morleh (Morley) Adam King and council. Morleh requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/61/3023
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This record is about the Adam de Morleh (Morley). de Morleh (Morley) Adam King and council. Morleh requests... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/61/3023
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Adam de Morleh (Morley).
- Name(s)
- de Morleh (Morley), Adam
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Morleh requests that he is able to have his land in Moreleigh which ought to have returned to him by right, and that he is able to recover his damages and destructions made in the land by Sampson. Morleh had leased the land to Sampson for 10 years and he had destroyed it and then given it to Wylynton. The lands have come into the king's hand and the heirs of Wylynton are seeking to recover it though they have no claim to it.
- Nature of endorsement
- If Morleh is seised of the land he should defend it by the law, and if not he should await the restitution of Wylynton's heirs and then sue at the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Tiverton, [Devon]
- Morleh (Moreleigh), (Devon).
- People mentioned
- Hugh Sampson of Tiverton
- Henry de Wylynton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition probably dates to 1327 or thereafter as Wylynton's estates were taken into the king's hand on 27 December 1321, and it does not seem that the heir was seeking their return until December 1327 (CFR 1319-27, p.84; CFR 1327-37, p.75). In 1327 Wylynton's heir was still only of 14 years of age. The guard comments suggest that this petition is earlier, and can be dated to the period 1322-7, and whilst this is possible, a date to 1327 or thereafter seems far more likely.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another copy of SC 8/61/3030 see SC 8/62/3079
For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter see SC 8/61/3030
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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 5655
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.379a-80b (no.9) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106785/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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