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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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Thomas de Hywys. de Hywys Thomas King and council. [This petition is badly damaged.]Thomas...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/259/12915
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This record is about the Thomas de Hywys. de Hywys Thomas King and council. [This petition is badly damaged.]Thomas... dating from [1307-1327] 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 8/259/12915
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1307-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas de Hywys.
- Name(s)
- de Hywys, Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly damaged.]Thomas de Hywys states that he was wrongly imprisoned in Windsor castle on the accusation of an approver that he had 20s. from his part in a robbery, whereas no robbery took place. Fearing a long imprisonment, he tried to escape, but was caught and sent to York castle, where he has remained for five years. He states that he has served the King and his father all his life, in Wales, Scotland and Gascony, and has always been loyal, excepting his escape attempt. [He requests mercy.]
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Windsor, [Berkshire]
- York
- Wales
- Gascony, [France]
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- John de Foxeleye (Foxley)
- [Edward I], King of England
- Simon Ward.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to the reign of Edward II on the basis of the reference to service to the King and his father in Scotland, Wales and Gascony, and with reference to the original trial before John de Foxley, who was dead by November 1324.
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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/C9440528/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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