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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Walkefare. de Walkefare Robert King and council. Robert de Walkefare states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/150/7481
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/150/7481
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Walkefare.
- Name(s)
- de Walkefare, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Robert de Walkefare states that he holds the manor of Isleham in Cambridgeshire, which used to have view of frankpledge until, in the time of Robert's father, John de Walkefare, the King's Bailiff of Staploe hundred accroached this view to Edward I. He requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because the petition says that the King's grandfather was seised of the view, and the King's father also, and that the present King found his crown seised of it, the council is not advised at present to do anything in right of the things contained here.
- Places mentioned
- Isleham, Cambridgeshire
- Staploe hundred, Cambridgeshire.
- People mentioned
- Henry Fitz Robert
- John de Walkefare, father of petitioner
- [Edward I], King of England
- [Edward II], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the content, this petition must date from the reign of Edward III. Walkefare was one of the rebels whose estates were seized in the aftermath of Thomas de Lancaster's revolt, and parts of Isleham were in the king's hands subsequently and were granted away. Walkefare was back in possession by 1330, as is shown by a licence to enclose some land in Isleham granted to him on 5 December 1300 (CPR 1330-4 p.21). The endorsement to the less specific SC 8/2/85 suggests that this petition may well be a follow-up, clarifying his request.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner on this matter, see SC 8/2/85
For another petition by the same petitioner concerning Isleham, see SC 8/160/7977
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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/C9209666/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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