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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Dexter of Halloughton. Dexter William Council. Dexter requests that whereas...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/213/10633
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This record is about the William Dexter of Halloughton. Dexter William Council. Dexter requests that whereas... dating from [c. 1386] 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 8/213/10633
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1386]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Dexter of Halloughton.
- Name(s)
- Dexter, William
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- Dexter requests that whereas he had possession of land and tenements in Halloughton, purchased from Holt over ten years ago, until the Monday before the feast of St Benedict in the King's 9th year (1386) when Nevill with over 80 armed men ousted him, wrongly disseised him, took his goods and chattels found there worth 200 marks and threatened to kill him, that the armed men be removed from his tenements and that they and Nevill be called before the council so that the evidences of both parties may be heard and remedy ordained for the petitioner.
- Nature of endorsement
- William Dexter.
- Places mentioned
- Halloughton, [Nottinghamshire]
- Wymeswold, [Leicestershire].
- People mentioned
- John Holt
- John de Nevyle (Nevill) of Wymeswold, knight.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1386, with reference to the preceding writ (SC 8/213/10632). The petition mentions events of 19 March 1386, so must post-date this but pre-date the abovementioned writ dated 2 April 1386.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related writ see SC 8/213/10632
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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/C9334190/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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