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William de Derfold. de Derfold William King and council. Derfold requests that the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/322/E544
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This record is about the William de Derfold. de Derfold William King and council. Derfold requests that the... dating from [c. 1290-c. 1307] 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/E544
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290-c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Derfold.
- Name(s)
- de Derfold, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Derfold requests that the justices of the Bench be commanded to proceed to judgment in his assize of novel disseisin against Osmund for land in Horseheath and Shudy Camps. He recovered the land before Vaus against Osmund, but he sued to the bishop of Winchester and his companions who had been assigned to hear the trespasses of ministers of the king and Osmund wrongfully recovered seisin. Derfold has petitioned in parliament and to the council but the justices assigned to hear his suit will not proceed despite various writs and letters of the privy seal.
- Nature of endorsement
- An inhibition was ordered to the justices by the king so that they did not interfere with the acts of the bishop of Winchester and the other auditors assigned [...]
- Places mentioned
- Cambridgeshire
- Horseheath, [Cambridgeshire]
- Shudy Camps, [Cambridgeshire].
- People mentioned
- John de Vaus, justice in eyre in Cambridgeshire
- Alan Osemund (Osmund)
- Bishop of Winchester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1290-c. 1307 as reference is made to auditors assigned to hear cases of trespass against ministers of the king, and it seems likely that this is a reference to the provision made by Edward I late in 1289. As the petitioner seems to have been considerably delayed in his suit it seems likely that the petition is quite some time later.
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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/C9529596/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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