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William de Hamme; Alice de Hamme, wife of William de Hamme. de Hamme; de Hamme William;...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/309/15427

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This record is about the William de Hamme; Alice de Hamme, wife of William de Hamme. de Hamme; de Hamme William;... dating from [? 1275-? 1325] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/309/15427
Date
[? 1275-? 1325]
Description
Petitioners
William de Hamme; Alice de Hamme, wife of William de Hamme.
Name(s)
de Hamme; de Hamme, William; Alice
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
William and Alice Hamme request remedy against Florie, deceased, who abducted William and imprisoned him overseas for eight years until Florie's death, during which time Florie levied a false fine before the justices of the Bench in William's name of a carucate of land in Ham, which he then gave to the archdeacon of Taunton.
Nature of endorsement
They should have a writ of ingress.
Places mentioned
Ham (High Ham), [Somerset]
Taunton, [Somerset].
People mentioned
John de Burbeche, father of Alice de Hamme
Richard de Lungespeye
William de Hamme, father of the petitioner
Philip de Florie
Nicholas de Crauford (Crawford), late archdeacon of Taunton.
Note
Dated impressionistically, on the basis of the hand and form, to the last quarter of the thirteenth or first quarter of the fourteenth centuries.
Related material

For a duplicate of this petition with a different endorsement see SC 8/309/15435

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529024/

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