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William Russel (Russell). Russel (Russell) William King. Petition requesting an inquiry...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/138/6868

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This record is about the William Russel (Russell). Russel (Russell) William King. Petition requesting an inquiry... dating from [1305] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/138/6868
Date
[1305]
Description
Petitioners
William Russel (Russell).
Name(s)
Russel (Russell), William
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Petition requesting an inquiry to allow rights to Russel in the manor of Dyrham.
Nature of endorsement
He is to go to chancery and have a writ to the escheator.
Places mentioned
Dyrham, Gloucestershire.
Note
Firmly datable by reference to Memoranda de Parliamento, pp.138-9 (no.218).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. IV, 29-35 Edw I, (Public Record Office, 1913), no.294 (resulting inquiry)
  • Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), pp.138-9 (no.218) (Latin summary and full edition of petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.169a (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 12, appendix, no. 228 (full edition and translation with references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209052/

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