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Richard de Vautort, brother and heir of John de Vautort. de Vautort Richard King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/176/8760
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This record is about the Richard de Vautort, brother and heir of John de Vautort. de Vautort Richard King.... dating from [1329] 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 8/176/8760
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1329]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard de Vautort, brother and heir of John de Vautort.
- Name(s)
- de Vautort, Richard
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Vautort requests a remedy as messuages and lands that Despenser gave to the king were granted to Despenser under duress by John de Vautort, who was imprisoned by Despenser in Newgate on a charge of trespass within his park of Woking and detained there until he enfeoffed him.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let faithful people be assigned in Chancery to enquire of the contents in the petition in the presence of the keeper etc. and they are to examine Despenser's memoranda to see if anything can be found to exclude the petitioner, and when the inquisition and certification are returned into Chancery the king is to be certified.
- Places mentioned
- Sheen, [Surrey]
- Newgate Prison, [London]
- Woking, [Surrey].
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser
- John de Vautort, brother of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1329 as a commission for an enquiry was issued on 7 July 1329 (CPR 1327-30, p.433).
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Prisons
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.433 (commission to enquire into the matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294628/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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