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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Albrei de Clayton. de Clayton Albrei King. Clayton requests the king's mercy as she...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/312/E19
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This record is about the Albrei de Clayton. de Clayton Albrei King. Clayton requests the king's mercy as she... dating from [c. 1293] 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 8/312/E19
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1293]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Albrei de Clayton.
- Name(s)
- de Clayton, Albrei
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Clayton requests the king's mercy as she has nothing on which to live as she holds a third of the bailiwick of Pirehill in dower, and she has been ousted when it was taken into the king's hand when Griffin lost a plea of quo warranto, though she was not summoned or attached concerning her third of the bailiwick. She has brought one petition but the treasurer has not acted on the command concerning it.
- Nature of endorsement
- She should sue before the present treasurer and let it be heard.
- Places mentioned
- Pirehill, Staffordshire.
- People mentioned
- John de Berewik (Berewick)
- Geoffrey Griffin
- John de Metingham (Mettingham), justice of the Bench.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1293 as the plea of quo warranto referred to in the petition was held shortly after Epiphany in 21 Edw. I (Placita Quo Warranto, p.709).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner but under the surname of Wistanston, and on the same matter, see SC 8/325/E703
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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)
- Placita de Quo Warranto, (Record Commission, 1818), p.709 (plea by which Geoffrey Griffin lost the bailiwick)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529068/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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