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Bartholomew de Fanacourt (Fancourt). de Fanacourt (Fancourt) Bartholomew King and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/159/7930

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This record is about the Bartholomew de Fanacourt (Fancourt). de Fanacourt (Fancourt) Bartholomew King and... dating from [c. 1327-c. 1350] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/159/7930
Date
[c. 1327-c. 1350]
Description
Petitioners
Bartholomew de Fanacourt (Fancourt).
Name(s)
de Fanacourt (Fancourt), Bartholomew
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[The right-hand half of this petition is entirely illegible, and the sense of the petition is difficult to recover].The petitioner requests that that are able to have the keeping of the manor of . . . as the king has seized it into his hand because of a charter . . . the petitioner and his wife having the right to the same keeping.
Nature of endorsement
He should sue before the king to have his right.
People mentioned
Piers de Bruys (Bruce)
Marmeduke de Thweng
Luke . . .
Lucy [de Fanacourt (Fancourt)], wife of the petitioner
Robert de . . .
Robert, son and heir of Robert de . . .
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to 1327-? 1350 in part on the hand, and in part on the basis of the reference to the king's grandfather, probably suggesting that the petition is in Edward III's reign.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210122/

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