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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Township of Fawsley. King and council. The township of Fawsley requests:1) justice...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/264/13197
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This record is about the Township of Fawsley. King and council. The township of Fawsley requests:1) justice... dating from [c. 1273] 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 8/264/13197
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1273]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Township of Fawsley.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The township of Fawsley requests:1) justice because they have had seisin of the common of a pasture in Badby Wood since the time of Henry III, when Capes was keeper of Fawsley until he sold his right in the pasture to the abbot and convent of Evesham, and the people have often sued to recover their right of common but have been delayed by the abbot for over twenty years, and so cannot levy the King's farm;2) that whereas they gave Martinaus 5 marks for his aid with their inquisition, but he neither helped them nor returned the money, that an inquisition be taken in this matter and that the money be returned to them by his executors, as he is dead.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Fawsley, [Northamptonshire]
- Badby wood, [Northamptonshire]
- Evesham, [Worcestershire].
- People mentioned
- Henry [III], King of England
- Hugh de Capes, keeper of Fawsley
- Abbot and convent of Evesham
- Enketin de Martinaus.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- No date on the guard. The petitioners held the common in question of the gift of the late Henry III (1216-72) until Hugh de Capes (d. 1256) gave it to Evesham Abbey. This must therefore have occurred before 1256. The petitioners have been trying to recover their right for over twenty years, so this petition must date to near the beginning of Edward I's reign.
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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/C9517144/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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