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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Bigot (Bigod), tenant of the manor of Settrington. Bigot (Bigod) John King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/321/E471
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This record is about the John Bigot (Bigod), tenant of the manor of Settrington. Bigot (Bigod) John King.... dating from [c. 1307-c. 1327] 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 8/321/E471
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Bigot (Bigod), tenant of the manor of Settrington.
- Name(s)
- Bigot (Bigod), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Bigot requests remedy and that as a tenant in service he be acquitted of the scutage demanded from him for the manor of Settrington, or that he can attorn himself to him by virtue of the first grant and he be acquitted as the king's father granted to the earl of Norfolk that he could grant the manor of Settrington to John and Isabel Bigod for their lives, and after their death to their son John [the petitioner], but they are not vested with the manor except in demesne which contains one fee but are still charged for three scutages.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Settrington, [East Riding of] Yorkshire
- Stockton on the Forest, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Roger Bigot (Bigod), earl of Norfolk and marshal of England
- John Bigot (Bigod) of Stockton
- Isabel [Bigot (Bigod)], wife of John Bigod of Stockton
- Roger [Bigot (Bigod)], brother of the petitioner
- William de Heweden, collector of the scutage
- John de Malbys, collector of the scutage.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1307-1327 as the petition is clearly of the reign of Edward II referring to the grant of the king's father to the last Bigod earl of Norfolk who died in 1306. It seems likely that the petition is earlier in the reign.
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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 Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.515 (later pardon concerning the same family and lands)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529523/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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