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John de Warenne, earl of Warenne. de Warenne, earl of Warenne John King. Warenne...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/228/11353

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This record is about the John de Warenne, earl of Warenne. de Warenne, earl of Warenne John King. Warenne... dating from [? c. 1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/228/11353
Date
[? c. 1330]
Description
Petitioners
John de Warenne, earl of Warenne.
Name(s)
de Warenne, earl of Warenne, John
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Warenne requests that the king grant by his charter to his burgesses of the town of Thetford that they are able to devise their land and tenements by will and have other customs that they have used. The earl requests that he be granted return of writs and gaol delivery by writ of the king as his ancestors had.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Thetford, [Norfolk].
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to? c. 1330 on the basis of the dating given in the guard note, and on the hand.
Related material

For an earlier petition by the same petitioner on another matter relating to Thetford, see SC 8/152/7554

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334913/

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