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Nicholas de Plescy. de Plescy Nicholas King and council. The petitioner requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/135/6747
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This record is about the Nicholas de Plescy. de Plescy Nicholas King and council. The petitioner requests... dating from [c. 1330] 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 8/135/6747
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Nicholas de Plescy.
- Name(s)
- de Plescy, Nicholas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner requests assistance in recovery of his manor, lost as a result of his adherence to the earl of Lancaster and taken by Hugh Despenser.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let him use the statute.
- Places mentioned
- Kingston, Dorset
- Barnsley, Gloucestershire.
- People mentioned
- Edmund de Plescy, father of the petitioner
- Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
- Hugh le Despenser the elder.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The relevant manor was in wardship in 1327 (CFR1327-37, p. 48), and this, together with internal evidence, dates the petition to early in the reign of Edward III.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner see SC 8/13/631
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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/C9208929/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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Nicholas de Plescy. de Plescy Nicholas King and council. The petitioner requests...