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Hugh de Seleby (Selby). de Seleby (Selby) Hugh King and council. Seleby requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/163/8104

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Reference
SC 8/163/8104
Date
[c. 1299]
Description
Petitioners
Hugh de Seleby (Selby).
Name(s)
de Seleby (Selby), Hugh
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Seleby requests a writ from the exchequer to enquire if the body and lands of the idiot wife of Gilbert de Lue can be seized into the king's hands and a new guardian appointed since the current guardian and closest blood relative, Warthill, is unable to leave her lands.
Nature of endorsement
Let an inquisition be held and returned in Chancery.
Places mentioned
York.
People mentioned
John de Warchull (Warthill)
Gilbert de Lue
Henry de Newerk (Newark), late Archbishop of York.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1299, with reference to CPR 1292-1301, p. 20 and the death of Newark, the former guardian.
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 I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.20 (grant of wardship to Archbishop Newark)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293948/

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