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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Henry Vikere of Berkley, executor of the will of Thomas de Berkelegh (Berkeley);...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/335/15819
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This record is about the Henry Vikere of Berkley, executor of the will of Thomas de Berkelegh (Berkeley);... dating from [c. 1324] 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 8/335/15819
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry Vikere of Berkley, executor of the will of Thomas de Berkelegh (Berkeley); executors of the will of Thomas de Berkelegh (Berkeley).
- Name(s)
- Vikere, Henry
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- executor of the will of Thomas de Berkelegh (Berkeley)
- Nature of request
- Vikere and the other executors of the will of Berkeley request remedy against Hampton, Sturmy and others who have seised Berkeley's goods to the King's use, and also against Broughton who caused other of Berkeley's goods to be sold to the King's use, so that the Berkeley's will cannot be duly executed.
- Nature of endorsement
- The treasurer and barons of the Exchequer were ordered by writ of Chancery to examine Broughton's accounts and, if he had levied money from Berkeley's goods to the King's use as the petition claims, allowance should be made in Berkeley's debts, and if he did not pay the money to the King, Broughton should be made to account for the same and further justice should be done.
- Places mentioned
- Gloucestershire
- Berkeley, [Gloucestershire]
- Holy Land.
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Berkelegh (Berkeley)
- John de Hampton, late sheriff of Gloucestershire
- John Sturmy
- James de Broughton, keeper of the lordship of Berkeley.
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9736203/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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