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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Walter de Sutton and Joan de Sutton his wife. de Sutton; de Sutton Walter; Joan King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/142/7098
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This record is about the Walter de Sutton and Joan de Sutton his wife. de Sutton; de Sutton Walter; Joan King... dating from [c. 1321] 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 8/142/7098
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1321]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter de Sutton and Joan de Sutton his wife.
- Name(s)
- de Sutton; de Sutton, Walter; Joan
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Walter de Sutton and Joan his wife state that they presented a petition to the King's parliament at Westminster, complaining that John, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and others had disseised them of their rights of common pasture in Cheddar, belonging to their free tenement in Alston Sutton, and that their writs of novel disseisin had been delayed by the Bishop. This was endorsed that the justices were to proceed in the assize and to do justice to the parties, and they were granted a writ to the justices to do so. However they have not done so for various reasons [which are unclear, due to damage to the ms.]: the petitioners ask that they be ordered to take the assize.
- Nature of endorsement
- [The end of each line is missing, due to damage to the ms] The writ is to be amended according to the plea and sent . . . and to do justice, notwithstanding the charter and . . . always that if the justices find that the . . . are not to proceed to judgment without consulting . . ..
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Cheddar, Somerset
- Aleueston (Alston Sutton), Somerset
- Fulham, [Middlesex].
- People mentioned
- John [Droxford], Bishop of Bath and Wells
- John de Foyle, justice
- Henry [III], King of England
- Jocelin [of Wells], Bishop of Bath.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The writ quoted in the petition is dated 3 February 14 Edward II (1321). The petition would seem to date from shortly afterwards.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/259/12928
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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 and Latin
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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/C9209277/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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