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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Piers de Croft. de Croft Piers King. Croft requests remedy as he bought the wardship...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/329/E915
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This record is about the Piers de Croft. de Croft Piers King. Croft requests remedy as he bought the wardship... dating from [c. 1295-c. 1310] 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 8/329/E915
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1295-c. 1310]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Piers de Croft.
- Name(s)
- de Croft, Piers
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Croft requests remedy as he bought the wardship and marriage of the son and heir of Sire in Great Staughton from Normanton and has sewn the winter crop, namely 40 acres of wheat, and the escheater came and ousted him from the custody and cut the oats, hay and stubble to the value of 10 marks which the petitioner had bought from the bishop of Lincoln.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should have a writ of trespass against the escheator and others if he wishes.
- Places mentioned
- Great Staughton, [Huntingdonshire].
- People mentioned
- Alexander Sire
- Hugh de Normanton
- Walter de Gloucestre (Gloucester), escheator
- Bishop of Lincoln.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1295-c. 1310 on the basis of the hand.
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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/C9682910/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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