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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
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William of Karre of the parish of Ecclesfield, husbandman. Karre William King and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/338/E1214
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This record is about the William of Karre of the parish of Ecclesfield, husbandman. Karre William King and... dating from [? 1480] 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 8/338/E1214
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1480]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William of Karre of the parish of Ecclesfield, husbandman.
- Name(s)
- Karre, William
- Addressees
- King and lords of the council.
- Occupation
- husbandman
- Nature of request
- Karre complains that he inherited and messuage and land in Wickersley and was seised of it and took profit from it, but the Wickersleys came and entered the same and disseised him, and with Leyston who subsequently married Margaret Wickersley they have kept him out, and he cannot pursue this at the common law because of his poverty and their strength. He requests that the king grant his several writs of subpoena or letters of the privy seal directed to Wickersley and Leyston and his wife commanding them to appear before the king and the lords of the council at Westminster at a certain day to answer the premises.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- William Karr against John Wykersley.2) Before the king and council at the quindene of Trinity.
- Places mentioned
- Ecclesfield, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Wickersley, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- John Wykersley (Wickersley)
- Margaret Wykersley (Wickersley), subsequently the wife of John Leyston
- John Leyston.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? 1480 as many of the petitions around it date to this period, and the hand is not inconsistent with a petition of this date.
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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/C9683342/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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