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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard de Wilughby (Willoughby) the elder. de Wilughby (Willoughby) Richard King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/147/7305
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This record is about the Richard de Wilughby (Willoughby) the elder. de Wilughby (Willoughby) Richard King... dating from [c. 1360] 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 8/147/7305
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1360]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard de Wilughby (Willoughby) the elder.
- Name(s)
- de Wilughby (Willoughby), Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Richard de Wilughby the elder states that he purchased certain lands in Stapleford in Lincolnshire of one Gilbert Lederede, to hold to himself and Elizabeth his wife, and to his heirs, with clause of warranty, Robert de la More, the King's cook, gave the King to understand that they were lying empty and that the King had right to them, and, after an inquest held by the Escheator, he received them from the King at farm, thus expelling Richard and Elizabeth without right of response. They ask that they might have their lands back.
- Nature of endorsement
- This petition is to be sent to Chancery, and, when the Escheator's certification has been examined, a certain day is to be given to the said Richard, and the Escheator and the person who holds it of the King's lease are to be summoned to be there on the same day, in the presence of the King's sergeants, [and] justice is to be done to the said Richard.
- Places mentioned
- Stapelford en Moreland (Stapleford), Lincolnshire
- Lincoln, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Gilbert Lederede
- Elizabeth [de Wilughby (Willoughby)], wife of Richard de Wilughby (Willoughby)
- Robert de la More, King's cook
- Walter de Kelby of Lincoln, Escheator of Lincolnshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1360-4 pp.247-248 is dated 4 February 1361, and would seem likely to come from a slightly later stage in the proceedings.Walter de Kelby of Lincoln was Escheator of Lincolnshire between 26 October 1357 and 5 March 1372.
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XI, 1360-1364, (Public Record Office, 1910), pp.247-248 (order to the justices not to proceed in an assize of novel disseisin brought by the petitioner and his wife without advising the King)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209489/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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