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Prior of Malton. King and council. Prior of Malton The Prior of Malton states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/86/4278
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/86/4278
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior of Malton.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Prior of Malton
- Nature of request
- The Prior of Malton states that Thomas, son of Roger Petiwill of Scarborough, who held a messuage in Scarborough of the Prior, went to Berwick-upon-Tweed as a merchant when the town was in the king's hand, and died there without an heir of his blood. The messuage should return to the Prior as his escheat, but was taken into the king's hand on the assumption that Thomas had died with the Scots as the king's enemy, although an inquisition has found that he died in the king's faith as a merchant. The Prior therefore requests a writ of seisin according to the form of the inquisition.
- Nature of endorsement
- The inquisition is to be examined, and if it is sufficient, as is supposed, justice is to be done to him in Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Malton, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- Thomas [Petiwill]
- Roger Petiwill of Scarborough.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a copy of the inquisition mentioned in this petition, see SC 8/86/4280
For a copy of the writ asking the Escheator to hold that inquisition, see SC 8/86/4279
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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 5872
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.268 (order to the Escheator not to intermeddle further with this messuage, as it has been found that Thomas Petiwill died as a merchant, not as the king's enemy) & 277 (order to acquit the Prior and convent of the rent for this messuage since 26 October)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148820/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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