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? No Petitioner named Copy of a writ from Edward II to his Escheator, asking him...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/86/4279

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Copy of a writ from Edward II to his Escheator, asking him... dating from 1319 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/86/4279
Date
1319
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Copy of a writ from Edward II to his Escheator, asking him to inquire into the circumstances of the death of Thomas, son of Roger Petiwille of Scarborough, in response to a petition from the Prior and convent of Malton asking for justice to be done in the matter of the messuage in Scarborough that he held from them.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
Scotland
Kirkham, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Edward [II], King of England
Ralph de Crophill, Escheator North of the Trent
the Prior and convent of Malton
Thomas [Petiwille (Petiwill)]
Roger Petiwille (Petiwill) of Scarborough
Edward [I], King of England.
Note
Dated at Kirkham, 10 April, 12 Edward II (1319).
Related material

For a copy of the inquisition held as a result of this writ, see SC 8/86/4280

For the petition to which this writ was attached, see SC 8/86/4278

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5873
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.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) & p.277 (order to acquit the Prior and convent of the rent for this messuage since 26 October)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148821/

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