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William Chaldecote (Caldecote). Chaldecote (Caldecote) William Prince. [The petition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E1048
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This record is about the William Chaldecote (Caldecote). Chaldecote (Caldecote) William Prince. [The petition... 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/E1048
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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
- William Chaldecote (Caldecote).
- Name(s)
- Chaldecote (Caldecote), William
- Addressees
- Prince.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is damaged on its left-hand side, though much of the sense is clear].Chaldecote shows that Helion was seised of the moiety of the manor of [... and held] from the prince by knight service, and died in his homage, and Joan his daughter and heir [...] being within age and whose marriage pertained to the prince, and her body was [...] by John Fynacourt and Carre and took her dressed as a man and afterwards married her in disinheritance of the prince, and to the great damage [? of the petitioner]. Carre has now sued a writ of trespass against Chaldecote to capias and has procured that the petitioner was taken [? and imprisoned] at Allington where he remains.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Bill from Michaelmas in the 49th year, endorsed and not delivered.2) Let the steward of Shoreham examine this matter.
- Places mentioned
- Aldyngton (Allington), [Sussex]
- Shoreham, [Sussex].
- People mentioned
- [Edward of Woodstock], Prince [of Wales]
- Walter Helion
- Joan [Helion], daughter and heir of Walter Helion
- John Fynacourt, then bailiff of the prince
- Stephen Carre (Carr).
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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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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition referring to Stephen Carr, see SC 8/333/E1053
For the counter petition of Carr, see SC 8/333/E1060
For another petition complaining of Carr, see SC 8/333/E1062
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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/C9683171/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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