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John Waldechef (Waldeshef) of Doddington. Waldechef (Waldeshef) John King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/150/7471

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This record is about the John Waldechef (Waldeshef) of Doddington. Waldechef (Waldeshef) John King and council.... dating from [c. 1320-c. 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/150/7471
Date
[c. 1320-c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
John Waldechef (Waldeshef) of Doddington.
Name(s)
Waldechef (Waldeshef), John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
John Waldechef of Doddington requests a writ of attaint on an inquisition which wrongly went against him before the justices of the Bench, between him and Agnes, widow of John de Bradefeld, in a plea of dower concerning tenements in Cottenham, Oakington, and Westwick.
Nature of endorsement
Coram domino rege.The King is not advised.
Places mentioned
Doddington, Cambridgeshire
Cottenham, Cambridgeshire
Hokyton (Oakington), Cambridgeshire
Westwick, Cambridgeshire.
People mentioned
John de Bradefeld
Agnes [de Bradefeld], widow of John de Bradefeld.
Note
Tentatively dated on the guard to c. 1324, with reference to SC 8/78/3855, SC 8/152/7580, and SC 8/152/7590, which may not be by the same petitioner. However, the hand and language would suggest a date between about 1320 and 1327.
Related material

For transcript, see no.105 of PRO 31/7/98

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/C9209656/

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