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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Wygan (Wigan) of Preston. de Wygan (Wigan) William King and council. William...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/147/7329
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This record is about the William de Wygan (Wigan) of Preston. de Wygan (Wigan) William King and council. William... dating from [c. 1320-c. 1350] 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 8/147/7329
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Wygan (Wigan) of Preston.
- Name(s)
- de Wygan (Wigan), William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- William de Wygan of Preston states that Henry, son of Roger de Cliderhou, had him, together with Fulk Tocheson of Walton, Peter le Taillour of Preston and John de Whallay, appealed in the county of Middlesex for the death of a Roger le Mercer, allegedly by Roger's son John: although, as far as he and the others know, John and Roger never existed. Process continued until they were outlawed, while they were in Lancashire all this time and knew nothing. After the outlawry, Henry came by night to the house of Peter le Taillour and beheaded him, and has since sought to kill William and the others, so that they have fled the country. They request a remedy for this malevolence, so that others in future might be discouraged from doing such things.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because it is supposed by the petition that those who request a remedy are outlawed, the King can give them no remedy while they are outside the law.
- Places mentioned
- Preston, [Lancashire]
- Walton, [Lancashire]
- Lancashire
- Middlesex.
- People mentioned
- Henry [de Cliderhou], son of Roger de Cliderhou
- Roger de Cliderhou
- Fulk Tocheson of Walton
- Peter le Taillour (Taylor) of Preston
- John de Whallay
- John [le Mercer], son of Roger le Mercer
- Roger le Mercer.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the hand this probably dates from the earlier part of the reign of Edward III, or the later part of the reign of Edward II.
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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/C9209513/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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