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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
Item
Wife of William le Fitz Hawys. King of England. The wife of William le Fitz Hawys,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/337/15943
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This record is about the Wife of William le Fitz Hawys. King of England. The wife of William le Fitz Hawys,... dating from [? 1274-? 1281] 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 8/337/15943
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1274-? 1281]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Wife of William le Fitz Hawys.
- Addressees
- King of England.
- Nature of request
- The wife of William le Fitz Hawys, former gate-keeper of Chester, requests right concerning the chattels taken from her husband by the constable of Chester castle worth £7 because of outstanding arrears of £5 owed by him.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Chester, [Cheshire].
- People mentioned
- William le Fitz Hawys, lately gate-keeper of Chester
- Constable of Chester castle
- Guncelin de Badlesmere.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Probably dates to the period 1274-81, when Guncelin de Badlesmere was justice of Chester.
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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/C9529695/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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