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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas de Witnesham. de Witnesham Thomas King and council. Witnesham requests remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/322/E523
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This record is about the Thomas de Witnesham. de Witnesham Thomas King and council. Witnesham requests remedy... dating from [c. 1311-c. 1321] 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 8/322/E523
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1311-c. 1321]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas de Witnesham.
- Name(s)
- de Witnesham, Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Witnesham requests remedy as he was given land in Claydon by Crakeford but ousted by force and arms by Claydon, and has sued various assizes of novel disseisin and has now been barred from action by assize by the conspiracy of Claydon.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Claydon, [Suffolk].
- People mentioned
- William de Crakeford
- William de Cleydon (Claydon)
- William de Ormesby
- William Wassie, clerk of the sheriff
- Henry Lespigurnel (Spigurnel)
- Robert de Maddingle (Madingley).
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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/C9529575/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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