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William de Whitewell. de Whitewell William King and council. William de Whitewell...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/257/12812
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/257/12812
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Whitewell.
- Name(s)
- de Whitewell, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- William de Whitewell states that he presented a clerk to the church of Skeyton, but that John de Skeketon brought a prohibition against him to the Bishop of Norwich, that no parson should be received before it was established whether the presentation belonged to William or John. And he did this through malice, to hinder William until time had passed so that the Bishop could give it, because in a plea between William and Robert de Skeketone, John's father, it had been adjudged that they would present on alternate occasions. William had the record and process of this plea brought before Gilbert de Thornton, and had a writ of judgment to have John summoned to court, but John did not appear, fearing the amount of damages that would be awarded against him. Gilbert adjudged that William should present on this occasion, and gave him a writ to the Bishop to receive his presentee, but, because John had not appeared in court, he refused to award damages without the King and council. William asks that a jury might be summoned before Gilbert de Thornton, to inquire into whether John disturbed him by this prohibition as he claims, or not, and that his damages might be adjudged to him.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Deleted] At the request of Thomas de Wanberge.Coram consilio.Because the other made opposition to prosecute his right.He has not been convicted of malicious prohibition. So he is to have nothing in respect of the damages.
- Places mentioned
- Skeyton, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- John de Skeketon (Skeyton)
- [Ralph Walpole], Bishop of Norwich
- Robert de Skeketone (Skeyton)
- Roger de Seton, justice
- Gilbert de Thornton
- Thomas de Wanberge (Wanborough).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A Latin summary of this petition is found on a roll of petitions from the Easter parliament of 1290 (Rot. Parl. vol. I p.57a (no.139)).
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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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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.57a (no.139) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no.166 (full edition and translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440424/
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