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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Henry de Went and other poor people of Marston. de Went Henry King and council. Henry...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/149/7412
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This record is about the Henry de Went and other poor people of Marston. de Went Henry King and council. Henry... dating from [1324-1327] 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 8/149/7412
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1324-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry de Went and other poor people of Marston.
- Name(s)
- de Went, Henry
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Henry de Went and other poor people of Marston in Herefordshire state that they held certain tenements in Marston from Roger de Leye, a bastard, for the sum of 5s annually for all services, and that Roger held these 5s of the King in chief, but that after his death the Escheator of Hereford entered, and distrained them to pay 21s annually. They sued a writ of Chancery to the present Escheator to inquire into how Roger held, and the inquisition has been returned in Chancery, and the Chancellor has ordered them to sue by petition in parliament. They ask that it might be examined and a remedy provided in accordance with its verdict.
- Nature of endorsement
- The inquisitions are to be examined before the council.
- Places mentioned
- Marston, Herefordshire.
- People mentioned
- Roger de Leye.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the hand and from the Latin endorsement, most probably from the reign of Edward II or from early in the reign of Edward III. The mention of an Escheator of Herefordshire suggests that it dates from between 1324 and 1327, when the counties had separate escheators.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.99 of PRO 31/7/95
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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/C9209597/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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