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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Fitz Wauter (FitzWalter). Fitz Wauter (FitzWalter) John King and council. [The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15549
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This record is about the John Fitz Wauter (FitzWalter). Fitz Wauter (FitzWalter) John King and council. [The... dating from [1348] 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 8/311/15549
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1348]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Fitz Wauter (FitzWalter).
- Name(s)
- Fitz Wauter (FitzWalter), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [The right-hand side of the petition is missing] FitzWalter requests a clearer declaration of the law concerning lands taken as the King's escheat when a man who holds of different lords forfeits his land in war. When the King regrants such land in fee simple it is unclear of whom the land is held.
- Nature of endorsement
- Before the King and great council.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Printed in Rot. Parl., vol. II, p. 180a (no. 19) among petitions from the parliament of January 1348, but given in Sayles, Functions, p. 453 among documents relating to the parliament of March 1348.
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.180a (no.19) (edition of petition)
- The Functions of the Medieval Parliament of England, G.O. Sayles, (Hambledon Press, 1988), p.453 (no.ii) (translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682559/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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