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John Darcy. Darcy John Treasurer. Darcy requests that Calverley be granted the lands...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/326/E740
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This record is about the John Darcy. Darcy John Treasurer. Darcy requests that Calverley be granted the lands... dating from [1318] 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 8/326/E740
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Darcy.
- Name(s)
- Darcy, John
- Addressees
- Treasurer.
- Nature of request
- Darcy requests that Calverley be granted the lands that were Fresselay's in the vills of Farslay and Shelf for the term of his life, rendering as others will offer.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face.]Let it be ordered to the escheator that he accept security etc. for the true annual value etc. and grant it to him.[On dorse, none].
- Places mentioned
- Fresselay (Farsley), [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Shelf, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Walter de Calverle (Calverley), valet of the petitioner
- Geoffrey de Fresselay (Farsley).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1318 as it seems very likely that it is contemporary to SC 8/258/12868.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/258/12868
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.56 (order to acquit Henry Darcy and Hugh de Totehill of the sum due for these lands, as the King had subsequently granted custody of them to Adam de Stirkeland, and their grant has now been annulled)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. II, Edw II, 1307-1319, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.355 (grant of these lands to Henry Darcy and Hugh de Totehill) & p.358 (commitment of lands belonging to Geoffrey de Fressheley to Adam de Stirkeland, at pleasure)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.113 (grant of these lands to Henry Darcy and Hugh de Totehill)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682735/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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