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Adam de Moldeworth of Cheshire. de Moldeworth Adam King and council. [This petition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/261/13011
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/261/13011
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1348]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Adam de Moldeworth of Cheshire.
- Name(s)
- de Moldeworth, Adam
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged.]Adam de Moldeworth of Cheshire states that after his exile and when he was reconciled Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester, purchased the manor of Little Barrow for Adam's benefit and with Adam's money, and enfeoffed Adam and his heirs with it. Adam continued his seisin for five years after Hugh's death, until he was expelled by a writ of the King. He petitioned in parliament, and as a result had seisin of the manor until he was again expelled. He has sued again, and successfully countered a claim that the revocation of Hugh's exile was repealed, and that the manor should be the King's escheat, and had a writ to the justices of the Bench to proceed to judgment in his case; but they do not wish to proceed without the assent of the King's council. He requests a writ to the justices to proceed in the case.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio suo.
- Places mentioned
- Little Barrow, Cheshire
- York.
- People mentioned
- [Hugh le Despenser, Earl] of Winchester
- [William de Clinton], Earl of Huntingdon, Justice of Chester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Ascribed to 1348 in Rot. Parl. vol. II p.194a-b (no.77).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/207/10331
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.194a-b (no.77) (full edition of later copy of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9516955/
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