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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 Wolfy; Agnes Wolfy, wife of John Wolfy; James Abredley; Joan Abredley, wife...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/182/9097
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This record is about the John Wolfy; Agnes Wolfy, wife of John Wolfy; James Abredley; Joan Abredley, wife... dating from [c. 1480-c. 1520] 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 8/182/9097
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1480-c. 1520]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Wolfy; Agnes Wolfy, wife of John Wolfy; James Abredley; Joan Abredley, wife of James Abredley.
- Name(s)
- Wolfy; Wolfy; Abredley; Abredley, John; Agnes; James; Joan
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request that the king summon Thomas Selwyn to appear before him regarding a dispute over certain lands in Selmeston and Firle. They state that these lands were held by Richard Selwyn, and that after his death, they ought to have descended to Agnes and Joan, the daughters and heirs of Nicholas Selwyn, Richard's son, who predeceased his father. However, Thomas Selwyn, the younger brother of Nicholas, has taken the lands, and refuses to produce the deeds and muniments by which they might show their right.
- Nature of endorsement
- [List of names of parties.]Before the king and his council.
- Places mentioned
- Selmeston, Sussex
- Vyrll (Firle), Sussex.
- People mentioned
- Nicholas Selwyn, father of Agnes Wolfy and Joan Abredley, son and heir of Richard Selwyn
- Richard Selwyn of Selmeston
- Thomas Selwyn, brother of Richard Selwyn.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The handwriting would suggest that the petition dates from the late-fifteenth or early-sixteenth century. A Thomas Selwyn was taxed in nearby Friston in 1524, and is probably the man mentioned here.
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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)
- English
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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/C9294974/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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