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Thomas de Heton (Hutton). de Heton (Hutton) Thomas King. Heton asks for pardon and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/116/5786

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This record is about the Thomas de Heton (Hutton). de Heton (Hutton) Thomas King. Heton asks for pardon and... dating from [? c. 1329] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/116/5786
Date
[? c. 1329]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas de Heton (Hutton).
Name(s)
de Heton (Hutton), Thomas
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Heton asks for pardon and the restitution of the bailiwick of Plumpton, seized due to his indictment for trespass in Inglewood Forest. He states that the bailiwick is his inheritance, and asks for its return on account of the damages he has suffered during the Scottish wars.
Nature of endorsement
He should declare by petition how the bailiwick was seized into the king's hands, and for what cause.
Places mentioned
Inglewood forest, [Cumberland]
Hutton in the Forest, [Cumberland]
Plumpton bailiwick, [Cumberland]
Scotland.
People mentioned
[Edward II], King of England.
Note
Dated on the guard to? c.1329 on the basis of a general pardon granted to Thomas on 28 March 1329 (CPR 1327-30, p.475). However, the pardon makes no mention of the events noted in the petition.
Related material

For transcript, see no.25 of PRO 31/7/96

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4239
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.475 (general pardon to Thomas de Heton, who aided the king in the later rebellion)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150461/

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