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John de Sutton of Holderness. de Sutton John King and council. Sutton requests that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/169/8422

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This record is about the John de Sutton of Holderness. de Sutton John King and council. Sutton requests that... dating from [c. 1327-c. 1335] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/169/8422
Date
[c. 1327-c. 1335]
Description
Petitioners
John de Sutton of Holderness.
Name(s)
de Sutton, John
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Sutton requests that the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer be ordered to view the release of the late earl of Aumale, and hear his arguments, and discharge him of the rent for the eels in accordance with the release. The earl released to the petitioner's great-grandfather 6,000 eels in the water of Hull, but after the earl's estates escheated to the king's predecessors, and both Sutton and his father have been charged rent for the eels.
Nature of endorsement
Let a writ be directed to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they view the release mentioned by the petition and hear the petitioner's arguments, and if they are able to know by Exchequer remembrances or by another manner that the rent for the eels ought not to be demanded then let the petitioner be discharged of the rent.
Places mentioned
Holderness, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
River Hull.
People mentioned
William [de Forz], earl of Aumale
Simon de Sutton, great-grandfather of the petitioner
John de Sutton, father of the petitioner.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1327-c. 1335 as the hand of the petition suggests a petition of the early part of Edward III's reign, and the petition ms probably a near contemporary of SC 8/73/3620.
Related material

Another petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/257/12815

For a related petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/75/3701

For another petition from this petitioner see SC 8/73/3617

For the charter formerly attached to this petition, see SC 8/169/8423

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294269/

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