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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Edmund de Watford. de Watford Edmund King and council. [The petition has suffered...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/151/7545
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This record is about the Edmund de Watford. de Watford Edmund King and council. [The petition has suffered... dating from [c. 1334] 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 8/151/7545
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Edmund de Watford.
- Name(s)
- de Watford, Edmund
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [The petition has suffered some damage, and the request is not entirely clear].Watford requests . . . as he and all the vill of Watford have come for view of frankpledge to the king's hundred of Guilsborough, but Burneby has sued with the king's grace to have the view at his court in Watford which is to the king's disinheritance.
- Nature of endorsement
- The petition is to be delivered into Chancery, and it and the inquisition are to be examined, and the justice is to do what ought to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Watford, [Northamptonshire]
- Guilsborough, [Northamptonshire].
- People mentioned
- Eustace de Burneby, lord of the vill of Watford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1334 as Eustace de Burneby was granted view of frankpledge in his manor of Watford and elsewhere on 26 February (CChR 1327-41, p.306).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document see SC 8/243/12112
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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 Charter Rolls, vol. IV, 1-14 Edw III, 1327-1341, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.306 (grant to Burneby of the view of frankpledge of the manor of Watford)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209731/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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