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Agnes de Yetelyngton (Yetlington), widow of Adam de Yetlington. de Yetelyngton (Yetlington)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/310/15472
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This record is about the Agnes de Yetelyngton (Yetlington), widow of Adam de Yetlington. de Yetelyngton (Yetlington)... dating from [c. 1330] 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 8/310/15472
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Agnes de Yetelyngton (Yetlington), widow of Adam de Yetlington.
- Name(s)
- de Yetelyngton (Yetlington), Agnes
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- Agnes de Yetlington requests that Lilburn be replaced as sheriff of Northumberland, as she cannot have justice while he remains in office. She states that, after her husband was killed by a neighbour, Lilburn seized all his goods, and when she sought recovery he imprisoned her at Newcastle until she bought her release. She was then brought before Denum and Emeldon, who released her for lack of indictment, but when she complained before Midelton and Denum, justices of enquiry, they said this was outside their jurisdiction.
- Nature of endorsement
- It pleases the council, if it pleases the Chancellor and Treasurer, that the sheriff should be removed and another put in his place, and that certain justices be assigned to hear the lady's plea.
- Places mentioned
- Northumberland
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Adam de Yetlington, late husband of the petitioner
- John de Lilbourn (Lilburn), sheriff of Northumberland
- William de Denum, justice
- Richard de Emeldon, justice
- Peter de Midelton, justice.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Fraser, 'Northumberland Petitions', p.121-2 to c. 1330. Lilburn was removed from office in December 1330.
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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)
- Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.121-2 (no.98) (full edition and calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682482/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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