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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Adam de Morlegh (Morley). de Morlegh (Morley) Adam King and council. Morlegh requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/62/3079
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This record is about the Adam de Morlegh (Morley). de Morlegh (Morley) Adam King and council. Morlegh requests... dating from [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 8/62/3079
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Adam de Morlegh (Morley).
- Name(s)
- de Morlegh (Morley), Adam
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Morlegh requests remedy and that the farm be paid to him for his land in Morleigh, or that the land be returned to him. He gave the land to Wylinton by an indented writing made between them, Wylinton rendering money for his sustenance for his life. However the land has been taken into the king's hand by Wylinton's forfeiture.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should show his writing in Chancery, and the truth of the matter should be enquired of, and when the inquisition is returned let justice be done to him in Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Morleigh, [Devon].
- People mentioned
- Henry de Wylinton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition can be dated to 1322 as an inquisition and writ that followed it are dated to that year (CCR 1318-23, p.587; CIM 1307-49, no.513).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/61/3023
For another copy of this petition with slight variations 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 5664
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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. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.587 (writ to the keeper of Wylinton's lands in Devon to pay the rent)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.513 (inquisition concerning Morlegh's grant to Wylinton)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106842/
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