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Nicholas Est of Heston. Est Nicholas King, council and lords in parliament. Est requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/109/5419

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This record is about the Nicholas Est of Heston. Est Nicholas King, council and lords in parliament. Est requests... dating from [1378] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/109/5419
Date
[1378]
Description
Petitioners
Nicholas Est of Heston.
Name(s)
Est, Nicholas
Addressees
King, council and lords in parliament.
Nature of request
Est requests the issue of letters patent confirming his status as a free man, citing the petition he made on this matter in the parliament held at Gloucester [sic] in the first year of the king's reign and the resulting commission of inquiry held at Brentford, of which he has an exemplification under the great seal.
Nature of endorsement
[None.]
Places mentioned
Gloucester, [Gloucestershire]
Heston, [Middlesex]
Isleworth, Middlesex
Brentford, Middlesex.
People mentioned
William de Cressewyk
William de Hasteworth (Isleworth)
Walter Sprot of Isleworth.
Note
Firmly datable to the parliament of 1378 on the basis of internal references and cross-reference to SC 8/45/2242.
Related material

The first petition of Est, referred to in this petition, is SC 8/45/2242

For transcript, see no.48 of PRO 31/7/107

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3150
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), pp.205-6 (writ relating to the case)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. IV, 1-12 Ric II, (Public Record Office, 1957), no.45 (inquisition at Brentford referred to in the petition)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.130 (commission referred to in this petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149993/

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