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Walter de Midelton, son of John de Midelton. Walter King and council. [Largely illegible.]Petition...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/112/5573

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This record is about the Walter de Midelton, son of John de Midelton. Walter King and council. [Largely illegible.]Petition... dating from [c. 1275-c. 1300] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/112/5573
Date
[c. 1275-c. 1300]
Description
Petitioners
Walter de Midelton, son of John de Midelton.
Name(s)
Walter
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[Largely illegible.]Petition relating to a plea of trespass brought against the petitioner by the Prior of Tynemouth.1)
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.2) Pro rege.3) In cancellario.4) Pro quo warranto.
Places mentioned
Northumberland.
People mentioned
John de Belton, father of the petitioner
Prior of Tynemouth.
Note
The petition is largely illegible and is difficult to place in a precise historical context; the hand indicates a dating some time in the last quarter of the thirteenth century.
Related material

For transcript, see p.130 of PRO 31/7/138

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3559
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150240/

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