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John Hardewyk (Hardwick). Hardewyk (Hardwick) John Council of the prince. Hardewyk...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E1061

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This record is about the John Hardewyk (Hardwick). Hardewyk (Hardwick) John Council of the prince. Hardewyk... dating from [1375-1376] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/333/E1061
Date
[1375-1376]
Description
Petitioners
John Hardewyk (Hardwick).
Name(s)
Hardewyk (Hardwick), John
Addressees
Council of the prince.
Nature of request
Hardewyk requests that letters are directed to Doily to enquire of the reason for the taking into the prince's hand of the land in Princes Risborough formerly of Maud Carter and that a remedy is ordained. One and a half acres of land are seized into the prince's hand in Risborough by his officers there because Thomas Carter, a neif tenant there married Maud, the daughter of a free man who was seised of the land, and after the death of Thomas Carter the land was seized into the prince's hand, and upon this Maud entered the land and alienated it, and because the land was seized [...] after the death of Thomas Carter, the land is now reseized.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Princes Risborough, [Buckinghamshire].
People mentioned
[Edward of Woodstock], Prince [of Wales]
Thomas Carter, neif tenant of the prince in Risborough
Maud [Carter], wife of Thomas Carter, and daughter of Thomas Tailor
Thomas Taillour (Tailor), free man
Thomas Doily, steward of Princes Risborough.
Note
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.
Related material

For a petition referring to Doily, see SC 8/333/E1071

For a petition by Doily, see SC 8/333/E1002

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683184/

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