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Walter Fitz Walter. Fitz Walter Walter King. Fitz Walter requests restitution of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/151/7524

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SC 8/151/7524
Date
[c. 1367]
Description
Petitioners
Walter Fitz Walter.
Name(s)
Fitz Walter, Walter
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Fitz Walter requests restitution of a piece of land called Raysaut in Burnham with its appurtenant fisheries and weirs which the king has granted to Stygayn, as the land came into the king's hand during Fitz Walter's minority.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Burnham-on-Sea, [Somerset]
Raysaut [unidentified], [Somerset].
People mentioned
Bartholomew Stygayn.
Note
The petition dates to c. 1367 as Stygayn was granted the piece of land on 1 April 1367, though the length of the minority of the petitioner may place the petition some years after the grant (CPR 1364-7, p.389). Raysaut is presumably a house or tenement in the town.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIII, 1364-1367, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.389 (grant of the piece of land to Stygayn)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209710/

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