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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Schyrwode (Sherwood). de Schyrwode (Sherwood) William King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/87/4321
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This record is about the William de Schyrwode (Sherwood). de Schyrwode (Sherwood) William King and council.... dating from [1320] 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 8/87/4321
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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
- William de Schyrwode (Sherwood).
- Name(s)
- de Schyrwode (Sherwood), William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- William de Schyrwode states that in Lent in the King's eleventh year, Simon de Goseford enfeoffed him of certain tenements in Saxlingham Nethergate, and Saxlingham Thorpe, and put him in seisin; but that Simon's son John and others wrongly disseised him of these tenements at the close of Easter following. He has sued an assize of novel disseisin, which has found in his favour. He asks the King to order the justices to proceed to judgment on this assize, or to inform the King at once why they cannot or will not do this.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to go to Chancery and to have a writ there to the justices to proceed in the assize etc. or to inform the lord King in Chancery why they have delayed in doing this; and justice is to be done to him on this.
- Places mentioned
- Saxlingham Nethergate, [Norfolk]
- Saxlingham Thorpe, [Norfolk]
- Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- Simon de Goseford
- John [de Goseford], son of Simon de Goseford
- John de Mutford, justice.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A Latin summary of this petition is enrolled on the roll of the Michaelmas parliament of 1320 (Rot. Parl. vol. I, p.372a-b (no.12)).
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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 7432
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.372a-b (no.12) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148863/
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