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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Sutton and Margaret de Sutton, his wife. de Sutton; de Sutton John; Margaret...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/168/8384
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This record is about the John de Sutton and Margaret de Sutton, his wife. de Sutton; de Sutton John; Margaret... dating from [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 8/168/8384
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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 Sutton and Margaret de Sutton, his wife.
- Name(s)
- de Sutton; de Sutton, John; Margaret
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- John and Margaret de Sutton request that they be restored to the town of Dudley, in the king's hands following the death of Hugh le Despenser. They held Dudley of the inheritance of Margaret, but Despenser, wanting to seize the town, accused John of being an adherent of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, for which he was summoned to Westminster and forced to hand the town over to him, issuing letters patent to Alveston to deliver seisin.
- Nature of endorsement
- Assign faithful men in chancery to enquire etc., and return the inquest into chancery and certify the king.
- Places mentioned
- Dudley, Worcestershire.
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser the younger
- Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
- William de Alveston.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Orders to hold inquests into this and similar matters were issued on 10 February 1327, and orders to deliver seisin to Sutton were issued on 29 March 1327.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/207/10301
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.63 (order to deliver these and other lands to John and Margaret) & pp.63-4 (order to deliver Dudley Castle to John and Margaret)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1000 (commission and resultant inquisitions into this and other similar cases)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294230/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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