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William de Shafteword. de Shafteword William King and council. Shafteword requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/334/E1146
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This record is about the William de Shafteword. de Shafteword William King and council. Shafteword requests... dating from [c. 1307-c. 1320] 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 8/334/E1146
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Shafteword.
- Name(s)
- de Shafteword, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Shafteword requests remedy as he was falsely impleaded in the Marshalsea by Fitz Hugh and by the conspiracy of others and of the jury, and he was condemned for 100s and imprisoned until it was paid, Fitz Hugh claiming that the offence was committed in Bawtry but procuring its trial in Nottinghamshire. Shafteword requests that this be enquired of in this vill and by its neighbours.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Let remedy be made in accordance with the ordinance.2) Let the steward come before the council together with the process.
- Places mentioned
- Everton, [Nottinghamshire]
- Stretton (Sturton le Steeple), [Nottinghamshire]
- Clayworth, [Nottinghamshire]
- Wheatley, [Nottinghamshire]
- Bawtry, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
- Nottinghamshire.
- People mentioned
- Richard le fintz Hugh (Fitz Hugh) of Everton
- Roger de Lanum of Sturton le Steeple
- William le Fintz Ralph (Fitz Ralph) of Clayworth
- John [le Fintz Ralph (Fitz Ralph)], brother of William Fitz Ralph
- Henry del Hill of Wheatley
- Alan de Spiredene of Everton
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1307-c. 1320 on the basis of the hand. As most of the petitions that precede this one in this file are dated to around 1312-1315, it seems likely that this petitions is similarly dated.
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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/C9683272/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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