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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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None. King. It is requested that certain people be assigned to enquire of the age...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/247/12329
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This record is about the None. King. It is requested that certain people be assigned to enquire of the age... dating from [1366] 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 8/247/12329
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1366]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- None.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- It is requested that certain people be assigned to enquire of the age of William son and heir of William de Septvans who holds of the king in chief in Kent by whose minority his lands in Sussex and Kent were taken into the king's hand as certain people have procured an inquisition proving he is of age when he is not and will not be for a long time. A remedy is requested.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Sussex
- Kent.
- People mentioned
- William [de Septvans], son and heir of William de Septvans.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the signet warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.50 in C 81/1335
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XII, 1364-1368, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.33 (order to the escheator of Kent and Sussex to deliver seisin of his lands to Septvans) & p.279 (mainprise for William de Chirchull imprisoned in the Fleet prison for his deceit relating to the proof of age)
- Probatio Aetatis of William de Septvans, L.B. Larking, (, 1858), pp.124-136 (edition of transcription of case)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439935/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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