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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Upton. Upton William King and lords of parliament. William Upton states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/145/7221
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/145/7221
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1379]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Upton.
- Name(s)
- Upton, William
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- William Upton states that on the Friday after the feast of St Hilary in the King's second year Thomas West, Simon Webbs, William de Wandesworth, John Child and others entered his lands at Wimbledon, and carried off his goods and chattels with force and arms. He asks to be restored to his lands, or that his muniments and evidence for them might be seen before people learned in the law and others, and that he might have justice, or that such a remedy might be provided as to deter others in future.
- Nature of endorsement
- This bill is to be sent to Chancery, and there justice is to be done to the parties by advice of the Chancellor and Justices, as the law demands.
- Places mentioned
- Wimbledon, Surrey.
- People mentioned
- Thomas West
- Simon Webbs
- William de Wandesworth (Wandsworth)
- John Child.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The attack took place on the Friday after St Hilary, 2 Richard II (January 1379), and the petition mentions the last parliament at Gloucester (that of October 1378), so must have been presented to the parliament of April 1379.
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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/C9209403/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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