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Executors of Michael Fitz John of Dunwich. King. The executors state the Michael...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/328/E883
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/328/E883
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1298-1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Executors of Michael Fitz John of Dunwich.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The executors state the Michael Fitz John served in Scotland and Flanders with the king in his wars, and afterwards he was murdered in his bed by unknown people who concealed his death and carried away his goods and chattels; they also state that Fitz John had five manors from the prior of Thetford for a term of years for money that Fitz John paid to the king for debts owed by the prior, and the corn and other goods that were in the manors when he died amounting to £300 were wasted by the prior with the aid of the Earl Marshal, and he will not allow the executors to have the remainder of the term or the goods and chattels; they also state that Fitz Roger and his son owed Fitz John £200 for which they impleaded them before the steward of the king, but they are not able to have the debt without the aid of the king. They request that the king will assess the goods of Fitz John so that the executors are able from the remainder to perform his testament. They also request that Buteturte be assigned to enquire of these matters and do right and determine them according to the law of the land.
- Nature of endorsement
- Concerning the death they should await the coming of the justices in eyre where felonies are first presented, and then by inquisition before the coroners, or sue elsewhere by writ of appeal of homicide if they wish, and let it be heard. Concerning the goods taken away, they should sue the heirs or executors of those accused. And of the judgment rendered before the steward and marshal they should sue a writ of judgment.
- Places mentioned
- Dunwich, [Suffolk]
- Scotland
- Flanders
- Thetford, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- Michael Finz Johan (Fitz John) of Dunwich
- Richard Finz Johan (Fitz John) of Dunwich
- Prior of Thetford
- Robert Fiz Roger (Fitz Roger)
- John Boutetourte (Buteturte), justice.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1298-1307 as the petition is clearly still within the reign of Edward I but after the king's war in Flanders in 1297-1298.
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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/C9682878/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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