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Thomas de Erdeswyk, esquire. de Erdeswyk Thomas King. Thomas de Erdeswyk states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/251/12523
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This record is about the Thomas de Erdeswyk, esquire. de Erdeswyk Thomas King. Thomas de Erdeswyk states that... dating from [1401] 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 8/251/12523
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1401]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas de Erdeswyk, esquire.
- Name(s)
- de Erdeswyk, Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Thomas de Erdeswyk states that the king lately appointed the Earl of Stafford to make agreement between him and Humphrey de Stafford the younger regarding the manor of Bramshall, and the Earl summoned the parties to appear at Stafford castle before him and the justices. However, Humphrey replied that he did not wish to come to agreement but wished to pursue a writ of assize in the county. He therefore requests that the king order the justices to inform him of the matter, and to order the justices of assize to provide remedy, so that he is not disinherited by the affinity and maintenance of Humphrey.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bromshulf (Bramshall), Staffordshire
- Stafford, [Staffordshire].
- People mentioned
- Humphrey de Stafford the younger, knight
- [Edmund de Stafford], Earl of Stafford
- William Gascoigne, chief justice [of King's Bench]
- William Thirnyng.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.2707 of C 81/610
For another petition formerly enclosed with this petition see SC 8/251/12522
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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 Close Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1402, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.350 (order to the justices to continue and prorogue this assize) & p.365 (order summoning Humphrey de Stafford the younger to be before the king with his muniments in this case)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440129/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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