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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Walter Mace. Mace Walter King and council. Mace states that he is about to go in...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/326/E741
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This record is about the Walter Mace. Mace Walter King and council. Mace states that he is about to go in... dating from [c. 1297] 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/E741
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1297]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter Mace.
- Name(s)
- Mace, Walter
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Mace states that he is about to go in the service of the king in the war of Flanders and shows that for default of money he has engaged part of his land to the Luches by a writing of covenant, that purports that if Mace rendered the money to the Luches at a day agreed between them, then the Luches should render the lands to the petitioner. Mace has often offered to pay the money on the day and afterwards, and they have refused to restore his lands to his great damage and disinheritance and requests remedy for he is wrongly held from his lands.
- Nature of endorsement
- If he perceives himself harmed by the Luches, he should acquire to himself by common law.
- Places mentioned
- Oxfordshire
- Flanders.
- People mentioned
- Richard de Luches
- Ellen [de Luches], wife of Richard de Luches.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1297 as it refers to Edward I's war in Flanders.
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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/C9682736/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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