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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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Nicholas Hywyssh, late of Stanstead Mountfitchet; John Gest, clerk, late of Birchanger....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/232/11556
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This record is about the Nicholas Hywyssh, late of Stanstead Mountfitchet; John Gest, clerk, late of Birchanger.... dating from [1433] 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 8/232/11556
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1433]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Nicholas Hywyssh, late of Stanstead Mountfitchet; John Gest, clerk, late of Birchanger.
- Name(s)
- Hywyssh; Gest, Nicholas; John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Hywyssh and Gest request that the chancellor be commanded to do justice to them as they were seised of land in Little Hadham until the land was seized into the hand of the king by the escheator in error for land identified in an inquisition.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Stanstead Mountfitchet, [Essex]
- Birchanger, [Essex]
- Little Hadham, Hertfordshire.
- People mentioned
- John Pluknet (Plucknet)
- John Rassh, esquire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1433 as a commission was issued to examine the matter of the complaint on 14 February 1433 (CPR 1429-36, p.276).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition on the same matter, see SC 8/230/11494
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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, Hen VI, vol. II, 1429-1436, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.276 (commission to examine the matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335115/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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