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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alice Vaughan, widow of Thomas Vaghan (Vaughan). Vaughan Alice King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/80/3989
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This record is about the Alice Vaughan, widow of Thomas Vaghan (Vaughan). Vaughan Alice King and council.... dating from [1365] 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 8/80/3989
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1365]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alice Vaughan, widow of Thomas Vaghan (Vaughan).
- Name(s)
- Vaughan, Alice
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Vaughan requests a writ to Sutton to answer whether he knows of any reason why two parts of the manor of Pontefract should not be seized back into the king's hand and delivered to her. The two parts were taken into the king's hand by the escheator following the death of her husband and the bishop as the escheator believed them to be held from the bishop in chivalry when they are actually held in socage. The king has granted the two parts to Sutton until the heir comes of age.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the petition be ordered into Chancery, and let justice be done.
- Places mentioned
- Poumfret (Pontefract), Middlesex
- Stratford (Bishops Stortford), [Hertfordshire].
- People mentioned
- Thomas Vaghan (Vaughan), late husband of the petitioner
- Bishop of London
- Richard de Sutton
- Hamo [Vaughan], son and heir of Thomas Vaughan.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The grant to Sutton mentioned in the petition occurred on 12 October 1365 (CFR 1356-68, pp.314-5), and thus presumably the petition dates from soon afterwards.
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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 8309
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. VII, Edw III, 1356-1368, (Public Record Office, 1923), pp.314-5 (grant of the manor of Pontefract to Richard de Sutton)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. XI, 35-38 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1935), no.262, pp.211-13 (IPM of Thomas Vaghan)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107765/
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