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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Hugh de Wetherby. de Wetherby Hugh King and council. Wetherby shows that his father...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/334/E1126
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/334/E1126
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1314]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh de Wetherby.
- Name(s)
- de Wetherby, Hugh
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Wetherby shows that his father leased land in Wetherby to the Templars of Wetherby to find a chaplain to sing for his allowance, and for the souls of Wetherby's ancestors, but after the Templars were suppressed the land came into the hand of Lady Percy, and she does not wish to find the chaplain as the Templars used to do, so that the service is a long time in arrears.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should distrain for it if he considers it expedient.
- Places mentioned
- Wetherby, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Jordan de Wetherby, father of the petitioner
- Templars of Wetherby
- [Agnes de Percy], Lady Percy.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1314 as it is clearly not that long after the suppression of the Templars, and the petition makes mention of Lady Percy and is therefore after her husband's death in October 1314 (Cf. dating of SC 8/334/E1150).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition relating to Templar land in Wetherby, see SC 8/334/E1122
For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/334/E1150
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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/C9683251/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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