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Richard Mistelee (Mistley), servant of the Buttery. Mistelee (Mistley) Richard King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/253/12604
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This record is about the Richard Mistelee (Mistley), servant of the Buttery. Mistelee (Mistley) Richard King.... dating from [? c. 1397] 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 8/253/12604
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1397]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Mistelee (Mistley), servant of the Buttery.
- Name(s)
- Mistelee (Mistley), Richard
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- servant of the Buttery
- Nature of request
- Mistelee requests the grant for life of a tenement, 4 shops and 40 acres of land in Colchester which were lately Tofforde's but are forfeit to the king because they were given in mortmain without licence.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:]This petition is granted by the king.[On dorse, none].
- Places mentioned
- Colchester, [Essex].
- People mentioned
- Richolde [Tofforde], widow of Richard Tofforde of Colchester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1397 on the basis of the dating given on the guard which is based on unrelated entries in the patent and close rolls to the petitioner (CPR 1396-9, pp.119, 555; CCR 1396-9, pp.220).
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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/C9440211/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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Richard Mistelee (Mistley), servant of the Buttery. Mistelee (Mistley) Richard King....