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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Matilda Fitz John, widow of Thomas Fitz John of Wingrave. Fitz John Matilda King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/152/7572
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This record is about the Matilda Fitz John, widow of Thomas Fitz John of Wingrave. Fitz John Matilda King... dating from [1341-1344] 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 8/152/7572
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1341-1344]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Matilda Fitz John, widow of Thomas Fitz John of Wingrave.
- Name(s)
- Fitz John, Matilda
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Fitz John requests remedy as lands that she and her husband recovered in Wingrave against atte Putte have been taken into the king's hand by means of conspiracy between atte Putte and the sheriff of Buckinghamshire concerning a debt owed by atte Putte to the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the justices of common pleas that if judgment was rendered before this as the petition alleges, then let the sheriff be ordered to deliver seisin of the land.
- Places mentioned
- Wingrave, Buckinghamshire
- Berkhamsted, [Hertfordshire]
- Bedfordshire.
- People mentioned
- Thomas Fitz John of Wingrave, late husband of the petitioner
- William atte Putte of Berkhamsted, late under-sheriff of Bedfordshire
- Henry de Chalfhunte (Chalfhunt), sheriff of Buckinghamshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition can be dated by the reference to Henry de Chalfhunt as sheriff of Buckinghamshire to 1341-1344, Chalfhunt serving two terms from December 1341 to November 1342, and from November 1343 to November 1344 (List of Sheriffs, p.1).
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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/C9209759/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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