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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Harsculph de Whitewell. de Whitewell Harsculph King and council. Whitewell requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/78/3891
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This record is about the Harsculph de Whitewell. de Whitewell Harsculph King and council. Whitewell requests... dating from [c. 1331] 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 8/78/3891
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Harsculph de Whitewell.
- Name(s)
- de Whitewell, Harsculph
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Whitewell requests so that he is not disinherited, that he can come to his right in his land, rent and services in Kilthorpe and Ketton which were wrongly purchased by Bereford, whose men have driven out Whitewell's bailiffs and he is not able to have rent or service. The lands are now in the king's hand following Bereford's felony.
- Nature of endorsement
- The petition is ordered before the king, and the sergeants of the king are to be called and hear the arguments for the king and for Whitewell, and let justice be done.
- Places mentioned
- Simon de Bereford.
- People mentioned
- Ketton, [Rutland]
- Kilthorpe, [Rutland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1331 as the lands referred to in the petition were committed to John de Ros following Bereford's forfeiture on 22 January 1331 (CFR 1327-37, p.224).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a later related petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/150/7461
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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 8469
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.224 (commitment of the lands at Ketton)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107667/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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