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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Warin le Fiz Wauter (Fitz Walter) of Northampton. Fiz Wauter (Fitz Walter) Warin...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/329/E913
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/329/E913
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290-c. 1316]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Warin le Fiz Wauter (Fitz Walter) of Northampton.
- Name(s)
- Fiz Wauter (Fitz Walter), Warin
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Fiz Wauter requests remedy for the malicious prosecution brought against him by the prior of St Neots for defamation while he was in the king's service, for which judgment was given against him following an inquisition held by Brabazon with a jury from the prior's men by which he was adjudged to render to the prior 10 marks.
- Nature of endorsement
- If he contends that an error was made in the record, it should be made to come before the king.And concerning the accusation of the jury, the justices record that he lies.
- Places mentioned
- Northampton, [Northamptonshire]
- Huntingdonshire
- Bedfordshire
- St Neots, [Huntingdonshire].
- People mentioned
- John Tregotz
- Francis, Prior of St Neots
- Bishop of Lincoln
- Roger de Brabazon.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1290-c. 1316 based upon the hand. Brabazon was justice of King's Bench from 1290-1295 and Chief Justice of King's Bench from 1295-1316. It seems likely that the petition dates to this earlier period.
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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/C9682908/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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