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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Reedness, son of Adam de Redenesse (Reedness). de Reedness John King and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/163/8120
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/163/8120
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Reedness, son of Adam de Redenesse (Reedness).
- Name(s)
- de Reedness, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- John de Redenesse requests remedy for forty acres in Reedness of which his ancestors were seised from the time of William the Conqueror until Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln disseised Adam, his father. After the death of Joan de Lacy, widow of the said earl, who held the land in dower, the land came into the hand of the King's father when Alice de Lacy, the earl's daughter, renounced her right to the land.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let certain persons in Chancery be assigned to inquire, in presence of the keepers of the said lands, into the estate which the said John has in the said lands and into how and when they came into the hand of Henry de Lacy and then into the hand of the King, and all other circumstances of this matter, and then to return an inquest in Chancery to be shown to the King.
- Places mentioned
- Reedness, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Adam de Redenesse (Reedness), father of the petitioner
- William I, King of England
- Henry de Lascy (Lacy), earl of Lincoln
- Joan [de Lacy], wife of [Henry de Lacy], earl [of Lincoln]
- Alice [de Lacy], daughter of Henry [de Lacy], earl [of Lincoln].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1327, with reference to CFR 1319-27, p. 174, a 1322 order to deliver land to Joan, widow of Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln. The petition probably dates from shortly after Joan de Lacy's death.
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. III, Edw II, 1319-1327, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.174 (order to deliver land to Joan de Lacy)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293965/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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