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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Harsculph de Whitewell. de Whitewell Harsculph King. Harsculph de Whitewell states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/150/7461
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This record is about the Harsculph de Whitewell. de Whitewell Harsculph King. Harsculph de Whitewell states... dating from [c. 1332] 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 8/150/7461
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Harsculph de Whitewell.
- Name(s)
- de Whitewell, Harsculph
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Harsculph de Whitewell states that half a year before he died, Simon de Bereford purchased from one of Harsculph's tenants some tenements in Ketton, which are held of Harsculph in villeinage. Harsculph entered the tenements to save his right, but Simon expelled him by force, and kept him out for the rest of his life. The tenements are now in the King's hand because of Simon's forfeiture. Harsculph petitioned parliament to have them back and was told to sue in King's Bench. He is doing so, but the suit is very expensive for tenements which are worth so little, and Harsculph asks if he might simply have the tenements from the King's hand for a suitable fine.
- Nature of endorsement
- The business is pending before the King. He is to sue his process elsewhere if he wishes.
- Places mentioned
- Ketton, Rutland.
- People mentioned
- Simon de Bereford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The lands referred to in the petition were committed to John de Ros following Bereford's forfeiture on 22 January 1331 (CFR 1327-37, p.224). The earlier petition asking for their return is SC 8/78/3891: that was probably presented to the parliament of September 1331. This petition is later, and so probably dates from c. 1332.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the previous petition mentioned here see SC 8/78/3891
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.224 (commitment of these lands to John de Ros following Bereford's forfeiture)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209646/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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