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Thomas Wake of Liddel. Wake Thomas King. [Petition in 2 parts:]1) Wake requests that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/242/12080

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Reference
SC 8/242/12080
Date
[1331]
Description
Petitioners
Thomas Wake of Liddel.
Name(s)
Wake, Thomas
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
[Petition in 2 parts:]1) Wake requests that he be granted the custody of the manor of Eckington until the coming of age of the Stuteville heir. He further requests that he is pardoned the arrears in part amendment of the losses that he has lately incurred.2) He further requests that he is able to exchange land in Stepney with the Bishop of London.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Liddel, [Cumberland]
Eckington, [Derbyshire]
Stebenhithe (Stepney), [Middlesex].
People mentioned
[Stephen Gravesend], Bishop of London.
Note
The petition dates to 1331 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed dates to 23 January 1331 [4 Edw. III] (C 81/178/4275).
Related material

For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 4275 in C 81/178

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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/C9439683/

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