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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Ellesfeld (Elsfield), son and heir of Gilbert de Ellesfeld. de Ellesfeld...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/109/5417
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This record is about the William de Ellesfeld (Elsfield), son and heir of Gilbert de Ellesfeld. de Ellesfeld... dating from [c. 1377] 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 8/109/5417
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Ellesfeld (Elsfield), son and heir of Gilbert de Ellesfeld.
- Name(s)
- de Ellesfeld (Elsfield), William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- William de Ellesfeld requests remedy in his attempt to recover the manor of Easthampstead, which the present king's grandfather [Edward III] gave to his father and to him, but which was taken away by William Trussell when the latter was escheator and for which William has pleaded ever since, in parliament after parliament.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
- Places mentioned
- Easthampstead, Berkshire.
- People mentioned
- William Trussell, escheator
- Gilbert de Ellesfeld (Elsfield), father of William de Ellesfeld
- Gilbert de Ellesfeld (Elsfield), brother of William de Ellesfeld.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to the beginning of the reign of Richard II, from internal evidence and from the reference to William Ellesfeld giving homage in CCR 1377-81, p. 28.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition from the same petitioner see SC 8/230/11459
For transcript, see no.50 of PRO 31/7/110
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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 3147
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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/C9149991/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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