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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Felton. de Felton John King and council. Felton requests that the king order...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/164/8165
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This record is about the John de Felton. de Felton John King and council. Felton requests that the king order... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/164/8165
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Felton.
- Name(s)
- de Felton, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Felton requests that the king order a writ of reseisin for the castle of Lyonshall which Edward II granted him for the term of his life by letters of his great seal (a transcript of which is attached to this petition), and of which he was seised until Edward II gave him the keeping of the castle of Caerphilly at which time Devereux took Lyonshall without process of law and Edward II granted Felton restitution from his lands and tenements, goods and chattels, notwithstanding that Felton had the keeping of the castle of Caerphilly.
- Nature of endorsement
- The lands are returned to the heirs of Sir William Tochet by the statute.
- Places mentioned
- Lyonshall, [Herefordshire]
- Caerphilly, [Glamorgan, Wales].
- People mentioned
- Edward II, King of England
- William Deveroys (Devereux)
- William Tochet.
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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.382 (grant of castle of Lyonshall to Felton)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294010/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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