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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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Agnes Draycote, widow of John Draycote, esquire. Draycote Agnes Council. Draycote...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/171/8524
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This record is about the Agnes Draycote, widow of John Draycote, esquire. Draycote Agnes Council. Draycote... dating from [? 1424] 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 8/171/8524
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1424]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Agnes Draycote, widow of John Draycote, esquire.
- Name(s)
- Draycote, Agnes
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- Draycote requests that a writ be sent to Erdswick that he find sufficient surety to keep the peace towards her, her servants and tenants of the manor of Paynsley and Draycott in the Moors on pain of £100, and to answer, and the sheriff under the same penalty to deliver the writs to Erdswick. Erdswick had come with a greater number of people and ousted her from the manor and has seized livestock and a chest with muniments relating to the manor in it.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 6 October in the [? second] year it was granted by the council that a writ be issued [rest illegible].And let a writ be issued to the sheriff of Staffordshire to deliver the writ and [...] under pain of £100.
- Places mentioned
- Pynseley (Paynsley), Staffordshire
- Draycotes (Draycott in the Moors), Staffordshire.
- People mentioned
- Hugh de Erdeswyk (Erdswick) of Staffordshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The endorsement is dated to the 6 October, and although the regnal year is unclear, it is probably the second. The petition itself is addressed to the king's council, and makes mention of the ninth year of the king's father's reign, suggesting that it probably dates to the reign of Henry VI.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294389/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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