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William Fernyvile (Furnival). Fernyvile (Furnival) William King and council. [This...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/148/7390

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This record is about the William Fernyvile (Furnival). Fernyvile (Furnival) William King and council. [This... dating from [1378] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/148/7390
Date
[1378]
Description
Petitioners
William Fernyvile (Furnival).
Name(s)
Fernyvile (Furnival), William
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[This petition is very badly damaged, and little can be made out.] William Fernyvile states that his wife and some other person sold the manor of Wandsworth to Alice Perrers. He asks that he might have restitution of the manor, and also a remedy from the Bishop of Durham for the great wrongs he has done him.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Wandsworth, [Surrey].
People mentioned
Thomasina [Fernyvile (Furnival)], wife of William Fernyvile (Furnival)
Alice Perrers
[Thomas Hatfield], Bishop of Durham.
Note
Like other petitions against Alice Perrers, this is datable to the parliament of October 1378 on the basis of annotations on SC 8/94/4691 and SC 8/148/7363, which refer specifically to petitions against Alice in that parliament.
Related material

For transcript, see no.14 of PRO 31/7/105

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/48/2362

For a related petition, see SC 8/46/2291

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/C9209575/

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