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Ralph Fitz William. Fitz William Ralph King and council. Ralph Fitz William states...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/193/9633B

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SC 8/193/9633B
Date
[1306-1307]
Description
Petitioners
Ralph Fitz William.
Name(s)
Fitz William, Ralph
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Ralph Fitz William states that Anthony, Bishop of Durham, gave him a messuage and two carucates of lands in Langton, which was an escheat of Barnard Castle, and that this messuage has now been seized into the King's hand. He asks the King's grace, that he might have it safe.
Nature of endorsement
He is to show the charter of the Bishop of Durham.
Places mentioned
Langton, [County Durham]
Barnard Castle, [County Durham].
People mentioned
Anthony [Bek], Bishop of Durham.
Note
Dated to 1306-1307 by Northern Petitions pp.224-5 (no.164).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.224-5 (no.164) (full edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295519/

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