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George de Percy. de Percy George King and council. George de Percy states that the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/259/12929
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/259/12929
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1312]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- George de Percy.
- Name(s)
- de Percy, George
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- George de Percy states that the King gave him by commission of Chancery the marriage of Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John de Hertrigg, and that he had put her under guard at Wambrook, Dorset, in the King's third year, where she remained until the feast of St Peter in Cathedra in the King's fifth year, when more than a hundred of Hugh le Despenser's men, acting under his orders, abducted her with force and arms, against the King's peace. He requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to have a writ formulated on the contents of the petition, making mention of the King's commission to the complainant.
- Places mentioned
- Wambrook, Dorset.
- People mentioned
- John de Hertrigg
- Elizabeth [de Hertrigg], daughter and heir of John de Hertrigg
- Hugh le Despenser
- Thomas le Artellet
- John Jorge (George)
- Reginald de Seint Cler (St Clair, Sinclair)
- Thomas de Wynslade
- Adam Fraunceis (Francis)
- Nicholas Pechche (Pecche)
- John [Pechche (Pecche)]
- Robert Pyron.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to c. 1312 with reference to the feast of St Peter in Cathedra, 5 Edward II (22 February 1312).CPR 1307-13 p.203 is dated 19 December 1309.
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.203 (grant to George de Percy of the marriage of the daughter and heir of John de Hertrigg)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440542/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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