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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 Seyngham), son of Eustace de Seyngham of Seyngham. de Seyngham William...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/74/3676
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This record is about the William (de Seyngham), son of Eustace de Seyngham of Seyngham. de Seyngham William... dating from [c. 1300-c. 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 8/74/3676
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William (de Seyngham), son of Eustace de Seyngham of Seyngham.
- Name(s)
- de Seyngham, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Seyngham requests grace and remedy and that Matthew de Eschek, who has often been attainted of evil, be attainted of his deceit by the country since he falsely and in deceit of the king's court made to enter a recognizance in the Exchequer of the king's father in his 17th year of an annual rent of 40s. to be paid by William and his heirs, though he was within age, and he now claims the arrears as William has come of age.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- People mentioned
- Eustace de Seyngham, father of the petitioner
- [Matthew] del Eschek (of the Exchequer)
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The events described in the petition must have occurred during Edward I's reign, since an IPM for Eustace was ordered on 8 April 1285, when William was said to be 22 years old (Eustace may have been dead for a while from the sense of the IPM). Presumably it is therefore early Edward II, referring back to Edward I, but references to coming of age seem strange. Matthew del Eschek was active under Edward I (see SC 8/1/2 and SC 8/52/2596, dated to 1290). Given these problems, an impressionistic dating of the first quarter of the fourteenth century has been assigned.
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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 7323
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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 Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. II, 1-19 Edw I, (Public Record Office, 1906), no.566 (inquisition post mortem of Eustace de Sengham)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107450/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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