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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Echyngham, son and heir of William de Echyngham, knight. de Echyngham...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/186/9263
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/186/9263
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1391]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Echyngham, son and heir of William de Echyngham, knight.
- Name(s)
- de Echyngham, William
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- William de Echyngham requests the restoration to him of the manor of Hempstede and its appurtenances in Kent, alienated by his father to Robert Bealknap. The lands have been taken into the king's hands following Bealknap's forfeiture, and he claims them as his father's heir.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this bill be delivered to the chancellor, and the supplicant should sue according to the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Hemsted, Kent
- Lydd, Kent
- Promhelle (Broomhill), Kent
- Holewest, Kent
- Dymchurch, Kent.
- People mentioned
- William de Echyngham, knight, father of the petitioner
- Robert Bealknap, knight
- Edward III, King of England
- James de Echyngham, knight
- Joan [de Echyngham, wife of James de Echyngham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Commissions into this complaint were issued on 1 December 1389 and again on 16 June 1391. This petition presumably relates to one of these commissions, and given that both enrolments include details not included in this petition, the latter is perhaps the most likely.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another document on this matter see SC 8/270/13496
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. IV, 1388-1392, (Public Record Office, 1902), pp.210-11 & p.445 (commissions into this matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295141/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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