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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 de Belton, parson of Swepstone, John Morehous, parson of Lutterworth, Robert...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/221/11005
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This record is about the John de Belton, parson of Swepstone, John Morehous, parson of Lutterworth, Robert... dating from [1398] 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 8/221/11005
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1398]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Belton, parson of Swepstone, John Morehous, parson of Lutterworth, Robert Rikedon and Robert Okebourne.
- Name(s)
- de Belton; Morehous; Rikedon; Okebourne, John; John; Robert; Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- parson of Swepstone; parson of Lutterworth
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request remedy, stating that they were granted the advowson of High Laver, with other property, by Henry de Ferrers, but that, on the resignation of Edenestowe (appointed by Henry's father, William), Thorn persuaded the king that the advowson pertained to the crown, and secured the appointment for himself, to the disinheritance of the petitioners.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Swepstone, [Leicestershire]
- Lutterworth, [Leicestershire]
- Groby, [Leicestershire]
- Haut Lanfare (High Laver), Essex.
- People mentioned
- William de Ferrers of Groby
- Hugh de Edenestowe, clerk
- Henry de Ferrers of Groby, son of William de Ferrers
- John Thorn, chaplain.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Thorn's appointment to High Laver was revoked on 5 November 1398, presumably as a direct result of this petition.
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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. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.430 (revocation of the appointment of Thorn to the church of High Laver)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334564/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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