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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Burghcher, knight. de Burghcher John King and council. John de Burghcher...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/97/4829
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This record is about the John de Burghcher, knight. de Burghcher John King and council. John de Burghcher... dating from [1353-1360] 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 8/97/4829
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1353-1360]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Burghcher, knight.
- Name(s)
- de Burghcher, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- John de Burghcher states that he has sued a writ of scire facias concerning the manor of North Weald, as kinsman and heir of Hugh, son of Hugh Dessex, against Thomas de Holand and Joan his wife, who are claiming to hold the manor by gift of the King to Edmund Earl of Kent, whose heir Joan is. They have requested the King's aid, and the justices have stayed proceedings. John requests a writ to them to continue.
- Nature of endorsement
- And on this matter a day has been given to Thomas de Holand and Joan his wife, to make a search in the King's Treasury for evidence for the King's right and their own, before the octave of Trinity next.This bill was sent into Chancery at the command of the lord King, for justice to be done on it.
- Places mentioned
- North Weald, Essex.
- People mentioned
- Hugh [Dessex (Essex)] son of Hugh Dessex (Essex)
- Hugh Dessex (Essex)
- Thomas de Holand
- knight
- Joan [de Holand], wife of Thomas de Holand
- Edmund [of Woodstock], Earl of Kent.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition would seem to date from between February 1353, when Joan de Holand received her inheritance as daughter of Edmund Earl of Kent, and December 1360, when her husband Thomas de Holand died.
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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 1272
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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/C9149396/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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