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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William atte Sele. Sele William Council. William atte Sele states that an assize...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/88/4398
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/88/4398
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1375-1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William atte Sele.
- Name(s)
- Sele, William
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- William atte Sele states that an assize of novel disseisin held at Winchester during Lent in the King's forty-eighth year, between him and the Bishop of Winchester, which found in his favour, was interrupted before judgment by the death of William Tauk. The Bishop brought another assize against the petitioner, and procured it to find in his favour. Now the Bishop is preventing him from entering churches in his diocese or receiving the sacraments, because he will not give him his tenements; and he had him outlawed while he was in prison, so that he can have no remedy at common law. He requests a remedy in this parliament.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Winchester, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- William Tauk, justice
- [William of Wykeham], Bishop of Winchester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to 1375-1377, with reference to Lent of the Kings's forty-eighth year [1374], and to the death of William Tauk (14 July 1375).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.14 of PRO 31/7/154
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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 124
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148940/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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