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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
John de Wodeford (Woodford), son and heir of William de Woodford; Mabel .... de Wodeford...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E1017
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This record is about the John de Wodeford (Woodford), son and heir of William de Woodford; Mabel .... de Wodeford... dating from [1375-1376] 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 8/333/E1017
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1375-1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Wodeford (Woodford), son and heir of William de Woodford; Mabel ....
- Name(s)
- de Wodeford (Woodford), John; Mabel
- Addressees
- Council of the prince.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged with about a third of the petition being missing or illegible.]Wodeford and Mabel request [...] and that Fohull be commanded to cease his wrongs and disinheritances and to make redress [...] [or that he appear before] the prince and his council in the month of Easter to show his right in the manor of Sproxton [...] [command to] the prince's steward in those parts that he together [...] to the heirs and their tenants in salvation of their right in the same parts. Fohull entered the manor of Sproxton while the heirs were minors in the king's hand and took goods and chattels from there though he had no right and without process of law.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Sproxton, [Leicestershire].
- People mentioned
- [Edward of Woodstock], Prince [of Wales]
- Jakemyn Fohull
- John de Vilers, steward of the prince in those parts
- ... Basset.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1375-1376 as it comes from an original file of petitions addressed to the Black Prince and or his council dating to those years.
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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/C9683140/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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