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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Warthil of York. de Warthil John King and council. John de Warthil of York...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/147/7330
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This record is about the John de Warthil of York. de Warthil John King and council. John de Warthil of York... dating from [c. 1295-c. 1307] 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 8/147/7330
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1295-c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Warthil of York.
- Name(s)
- de Warthil, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- John de Warthil of York states that he brought a writ against Hugh de Selby concerning a messuage and some land in Youlthorpe, but Hugh delayed his suit for nine years by acquiring seven protections, although he did not go to war during this time. John brought a writ before Roger Brabason and his companions to attach him to answer to the King for this deceit, but Hugh has left the county and gone to court to try to obtain a letter from the Marshal or some other great lord attesting that he was in the war. John asks that he might not be allowed to do this, as he is prepared to aver when the King wishes that he did not go.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to sue his writ before Roger Brabazon and his colleagues.
- Places mentioned
- York
- Youlthorpe, [East Riding of] Yorkshire.
- People mentioned
- Hugh de Selby of York
- Roger Brabason (Brabazon).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the hand and the mention of Roger Brabazon (justice of King's Bench 1290, Chief Justice of King's Bench 1295-1316) this petition seems likely to date from the latter part of the reign of Edward I.
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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/C9209514/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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