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Peter de Boxstede (Boxted), son of Peter de Boxstede (Boxted). de Boxstede (Boxted)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/296/14766
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This record is about the Peter de Boxstede (Boxted), son of Peter de Boxstede (Boxted). de Boxstede (Boxted)... dating from [c. 1325] 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 8/296/14766
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Peter de Boxstede (Boxted), son of Peter de Boxstede (Boxted).
- Name(s)
- de Boxstede (Boxted), Peter
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Peter, son of Peter de Boxstede, requests a writ to the Escheator of Essex and Suffolk to re-seize into the King's hand all the tenements of which Peter died seised in Clopton in Suffolk, and in Alphamstone, Lamarsh, and Pebmarsh, Essex, because Peter held of the King as of the crown in Suffolk, and wardship therefore belongs to the King. He also asks that the rolls of Chancery might be searched to find out the date of the writ sent to Margaret, Peter's wife, to produce Peter's charters.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face, continuing on dorse] Peter de Boxstede requests a writ for the King to the escheator of Essex and Suffolk to inquire more fully into the lands and tenements which belonged to Peter de Boxstede, father of the said Peter, on the day when he died, the wardship of which belongs to our lord the King, . . . . held, by reason of tenements held by Peter in Clopton in the county of Suffolk in chief of the King as of the crown by homage, scutage and 2s annually, of which the King . . . and the court . . . of his by the first inquisitions.
- Places mentioned
- Clopton, Suffolk
- Alphamstone, Essex
- Lamarsh, Essex
- Pebmarsh, Essex.
- People mentioned
- Peter de Boxstede (Boxted)
- Margaret [de Boxstede (Boxted)], widow of Peter de Boxstede (Boxted).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1323-7 p.286 is dated 14 April 1325 and seems to be earlier than the petition as it lists only Boxted as being held of the King; p.287 is dated 19 April 1325.CFR 1319-27 p.349 is dated 20 June 1325.
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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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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.286 (order to the Escheator not to intermeddle further with the lands that Peter de Boxstede held at his death of lords other than the King) & p.287 (order to assign dower to Peter's widow)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. III, Edw II, 1319-1327, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.349 (grant to Robert de Baldock of the wardship of two-thirds of the lands of Peter de Boxstede and the marriage of the heir)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517966/
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