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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Wellum, son and heir of John de Wellum. de Wellum Robert King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/149/7422
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This record is about the Robert de Wellum, son and heir of John de Wellum. de Wellum Robert King and council.... dating from [1319] 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 8/149/7422
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1319]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Wellum, son and heir of John de Wellum.
- Name(s)
- de Wellum, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Robert, son and heir of John de Wellum, states that his father purchased half a bovate of land in Misterton from Ralph Damyot, and that John and Robert held this land for forty years and more, as has been found by inquisition returned in Chancery, but that one John Damyot, claiming to be a kinsman of Ralph's, has expelled him by claiming that Ralph was an idiot, and the land seized into the King's hand for that reason: although the inquest found that Ralph was never an idiot, nor the land taken into the King's hand for that reason.
- Nature of endorsement
- The inquisition returned in Chancery is to be examined, and, if it is established that it was taken in the presence of the parties, or that the parties were warned and did not want to be present, the land is then to be returned etc. And the escheator is to be ordered to cease executing the first command etc.
- Places mentioned
- Misterton, [Nottinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- John de Wellum
- Ralph Damyot
- Ralph de Crophill, escheator
- John Damyot.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1318-23 p.75 is dated 22 May 1319, and is clearly a response to this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.97 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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.75 (order to give the land to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209607/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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