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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Agnes de Halstede (Halstead). de Halstede (Halstead) Agnes King and council. Halstede...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/161/8005
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This record is about the Agnes de Halstede (Halstead). de Halstede (Halstead) Agnes King and council. Halstede... dating from [1311] 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 8/161/8005
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1311]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Agnes de Halstede (Halstead).
- Name(s)
- de Halstede (Halstead), Agnes
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Halstede requests the king's grace as her father-in-law let at farm land in Thorpe Langton to Peveril for 12 years, and after the expiry of the term her husband entered it and was seised of it until the bishop of Chester entered it wrongfully because her husband did not wish to sell the land to him. The land is now in the king's hand, and her husband is dead and she and her children are impoverished.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Thorpe Langton, [Leicestershire].
- People mentioned
- John de Halsted (Halstead), late father of the petitioner's husband
- William de Halstede (Halstead), late husband of the petitioner
- William Peveril, father of the bishop of Chester
- [William Langton], bishop of Chester (bishop of Coventry and Lichfield).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1311 on the basis of the Chancery warrant in which this petition was probably enclosed which dates to 24 March 1311 (CCW 1244-1326, p.349).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the chancery warrant in which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no.1833 in C 81/76
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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 Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.349 (chancery warrant in relation to this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293849/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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