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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Hedon. de Hedon John King and Council. John de Hedon states that the king...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/115/5745
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/115/5745
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1347]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Hedon.
- Name(s)
- de Hedon, John
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- John de Hedon states that the king had granted him the marriage of Margaret, widow of Herbert de St Quintin, tenant in chief of the king in Holderness. However, after the death of Herbert, Margaret then married Roger Husee without licence. The case was presented at Hedon before John Darcy and his companions, justices of oyer et terminer assigned to the case, but Hedon asks that judgement be made quickly, in order that he does not lose his profits from the grant.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the plea be brought to Chancery, where justice will be done.
- Places mentioned
- Holderness, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Brandesburton, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- La More manor, [Brandesburton, East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Hedon, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Margery [de St Quintin], widow of Herbert de St Quintin
- Herbert de St Quintin
- Roger Husee (Hussey)
- John Darcy.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Herbert de St Quintin died in 1347, and the petition probably dates from soon after his death, although Margery did not die until 1362. Sir John de Hedon answered for scutage in Marton in 1359.
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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 4108
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. IX, 21-25, (Public Record Office, 1917), no.45 (inquisition post mortem of Herbert de St Quintin)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150419/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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