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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Esslington (Eslington). de Esslington (Eslington) Robert King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/317/E271
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This record is about the Robert de Esslington (Eslington). de Esslington (Eslington) Robert King and council.... dating from [c. 1312] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/317/E271
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1312]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Esslington (Eslington).
- Name(s)
- de Esslington (Eslington), Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Esslington requests that the justices of the Bench be commanded to proceed in his suit which he brought by writ of right against Glanton for land in Whittingham notwithstanding the targe brought by Glanton to delay the suit, and do right to the petitioner according to the law of the land.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Whittingham, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- John [de Glanton], son of Robert de Glanton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1312 as the matter of the suit was clearly active in July 1312 as appears by an order to the justices hearing the suit [CCR 1307-13, p.504].
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.504 (order not to put Glanton in default for his failure to appear for the suit as he and his attorney had been arrested at York and detained)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529323/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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