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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Chelsham. de Chelsham John King and Council. The petitioner seeks recovery...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/100/4969
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This record is about the John de Chelsham. de Chelsham John King and Council. The petitioner seeks recovery... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1350] 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 8/100/4969
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Chelsham.
- Name(s)
- de Chelsham, John
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks recovery of lands in Devon and an opportunity to answer a scire facias sued toward him for the king, now at the quindene of St John, because he has not the power to stay in town very long. He shows that Horton by charter recently granted all his property to himself and Stephenson, to hold to them and their heirs forever, and afterwards they released by writing all their rights therein. Then it was established by an inquest held by Fitz Warin the escheator that the properties were held in chief of the king, and alienated and released without licence. For this the escheator took the properties and the inquest was returned into chancery, such that the petitioner (by fine in chancery) had a deed of pardon for the said purchase and release, and to recover by award, with a record of the same in chancery. Now he is ousted by inquest without answer, upon which he took a mandamus to the escheator of Devon to enquire whether or not Horton died seised of the aforesaid property. The petitioner is ready to prove by good indentures that the properties are not held of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to assemble as justices to enquire upon the matters contained in this petition.
- Places mentioned
- Devon.
- People mentioned
- Walter de Horton
- Walter de Stephenson
- Amery Fitz Warin.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- No firm dating available; the petition is notionally assigned here to the first half of the fourteenth century.
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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 1760
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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/C9149536/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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