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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Executors of William de Vescy. King and council. The executors request that it is...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/328/E882
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This record is about the Executors of William de Vescy. King and council. The executors request that it is... 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 8/328/E882
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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
- Executors of William de Vescy.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The executors request that it is commanded that they have a writ to the justice and treasurer of Ireland to enquire of the debts due to Vescy on the day that he gave the county of Kildare to the king, and that they levy the debts and deliver them to the executors, and that any of the debts that have been levied or received before the date of the writ also be delivered.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should sue against the debtors by the common law.
- Places mentioned
- County Kildare, [Ireland].
- People mentioned
- William de Vescy.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1297 on the basis of the dating of related inquisitions concerning the Vescy lands in Northumberland and Ireland which date to 25 Edw. I (CIPM, vol. III, no. 443; E 149/5, no. 13).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related writ and inquisition recording that Vescy held no lands in at Ireland at his death, see no. 13 in E 149/5
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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 Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. III, 20-28-Edw I, (Public Record Office, 1912), no.443 (inquisitions concerning the Vescy inheritance)
- Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.101 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682877/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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