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Walter de Thornhill. de Thornhill Walter King and council. Walter de Thornhill states...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/144/7151

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This record is about the Walter de Thornhill. de Thornhill Walter King and council. Walter de Thornhill states... dating from [c. 1322] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/144/7151
Date
[c. 1322]
Description
Petitioners
Walter de Thornhill.
Name(s)
de Thornhill, Walter
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Walter de Thornhill states that a full three years before he became a rebel against the King, John Mautravers made a recognisance in Common Bench for some lands and tenements which he bought from him; but he has never paid him for them. They are now in the King's hand through his forfeiture, and Walter asks that he might either be paid the money, or have his lands and tenements back.
Nature of endorsement
John is alive. He is to wait.
People mentioned
John Mautravers.
Note
This petition probably dates from shortly after John Mautravers' lands were taken into the King's hand in 1322.
Related material

For a contemporary petition from Walter and his wife, see SC 8/143/7149

For transcript, see no.83 of PRO 31/7/98

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209332/

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