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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Welleyton of Writtle, late forester of the fee of the half hundred of Chelmsford....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/151/7501
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This record is about the John de Welleyton of Writtle, late forester of the fee of the half hundred of Chelmsford.... dating from [c. 1320-c. 1330] 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 8/151/7501
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320-c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Welleyton of Writtle, late forester of the fee of the half hundred of Chelmsford.
- Name(s)
- de Welleyton, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- forester of the fee of the half hundred of Chelmsford
- Nature of request
- Welleyton requests remedy as he was ousted from his bailiwick by the false allegation of trespass in the forest made by Despenser.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered by writ that they certify the reason that the bailiwick was taken into the king's hand.
- Places mentioned
- Writtle, [Essex]
- Chelmsford hundred, Essex.
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition has been speculatively dated to c. 1320-c. 1330 on the basis of the hand. The petition is assigned to a group of petitions 'Annis incertis Edw. III', but the hand appears to be much more like petitions of late Edw. II, and possibly very early Edw. III.
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.380b (no.15) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209687/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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