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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Stiward (Steward), guardian of Edmund Fitz Hugh. Stiward (Steward) Thomas...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/307/15317
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This record is about the Thomas Stiward (Steward), guardian of Edmund Fitz Hugh. Stiward (Steward) Thomas... dating from [c. 1369] 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 8/307/15317
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1369]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Stiward (Steward), guardian of Edmund Fitz Hugh.
- Name(s)
- Stiward (Steward), Thomas
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Stiward requests that whereas Fitz Hugh's ancestors always had the profits from the moiety of their manor of Bitton in the chase of Kingswood without paying cheminage or other tax until the chase came into Queen Philippa's hand, at which time Nicholas and Cicely Berkley, who hold the other moiety of the manor, sued a writ to the Queen's auditors of accounts by which they certified in Chancery that nothing was due to the Queen for cheminage, for which they had writs ordering the keeper of the chase to allow them to have the profits from their moiety without cheminage or other tax, that a similar writ be granted for Fitz Hugh's moiety.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bitton, [Gloucestershire]
- Kingswood, [Gloucestershire].
- People mentioned
- Edmund Fitz Hugh, cousin and heir of Edmund Blount
- Edmund Blount
- Philippa [of Hainault], Queen of England
- Nicholas de Berkele (Berkley)
- Cicely [de Berkley], wife of Nicholas de Berkley.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition must date to 1369 and later since it refers to the death of Queen Philippa.
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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/C9518372/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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