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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Albrei de Wistanston. de Wistanston Albrei King. [The petition is partially obscured...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/325/E703
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This record is about the Albrei de Wistanston. de Wistanston Albrei King. [The petition is partially obscured... dating from [c. 1293] 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 8/325/E703
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1293]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Albrei de Wistanston.
- Name(s)
- de Wistanston, Albrei
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is partially obscured by a deteriorating repair].Clayton requests remedy as she had dower of a third of the bailiwick of Pirehill in dower, and she has been ousted when it was taken into the king's hand by the sheriff after the king brought a writ against Geoffrey, though she was not summoned or attached concerning her third of the bailiwick.
- Nature of endorsement
- At the Exchequer, and let the process be viewed and the justices called, and let justice be done.
- Places mentioned
- Pirehill hundred, [Staffordshire].
- People mentioned
- Bertram Griffin, husband of the petitioner and grandfather of Geoffrey Griffin
- Geoffrey Griffin.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1293 as the plea of quo warranto referred to in the petition was held shortly after Epiphany in 21 Edw. I (Placita Quo Warranto, p.709). There is another petition by the petitioner but with a different surname, which refers to an earlier petition that she had submitted, and it is possible that this is that petition (SC 8/312/E19).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner but under the surname of Clayton, and on the same matter, see SC 8/312/E19
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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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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.521 (fragmentary transcription of the petition)
- Placita de Quo Warranto, (Record Commission, 1818), p.709 (plea by which Geoffrey Griffin lost the bailiwick)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682697/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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