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Thomas le Forter, executor of William le Forter. le Forter Thomas King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/331/15679
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This record is about the Thomas le Forter, executor of William le Forter. le Forter Thomas King and council.... dating from [c. 1328] 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 8/331/15679
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas le Forter, executor of William le Forter.
- Name(s)
- le Forter, Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Thomas le Forter requests remedy because although he should give only William's mortuary payment to the prior of Wenlock as parson of William's parish church of Wenlock, the prior has sued him in Court Christian for a third of all William's goods. The petitioner purchased a prohibition of Chancery against the prior, but the prior then purchased a modification to this prohibition.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council that jurisdiction should belong to Holy Church.
- Places mentioned
- Wenlock (Much Wenlock), [Shropshire]
- Hereford diocese.
- People mentioned
- William le Forter
- [Guichard de Charlieu], prior of Wenlock, parson of Holy Trinity, Wenlock.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1328 and later in PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp.31-51, no.38.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the prohibition and modification mentioned within see SC 8/331/15680
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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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- Topics
- Religions
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp.31-51, no.38 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683090/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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