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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Nicholas Aleyn, son of Hugh Aleyn. Aleyn Nicholas King. Aleyn requests remedy and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/247/12322
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/247/12322
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1365]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Nicholas Aleyn, son of Hugh Aleyn.
- Name(s)
- Aleyn, Nicholas
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Aleyn requests remedy and that he is able to have peace and hold his land in Wem in chief of the king as William le Botiller the grandfather enfeoffed Hugh, Aleyn's father, with a parcel of the manor of Wem without licence of the king which Botiller held in chief of the king, but Botiller the grandson ousted him and subsequently imprisoned him, and he cannot have a remedy except by the king. He also states that Botiller has usurped the lordship of Whixall.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Wem, Shropshire
- Whixall, Shropshire.
- People mentioned
- William le Botiller, grandfather of William le Botiller
- William le Botiller.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable because the petition was enclosed in no. 20 in C 81/908, which is dated at Windsor on 31 July in an unspecified year, but must be of the reign of Edward III and after 1343, when the diplomatic form of the letter of privy seal began and probably dates to? 1365 on the basis of the dating of '39 Edw. 3' stamped on the guard.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the letter of the privy seal with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.20 in C 81/908
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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/C9439928/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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