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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Agnes Megson of Wakefield. Megson Agnes King. Megson requests that letters be directed...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/336/15871
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This record is about the Agnes Megson of Wakefield. Megson Agnes King. Megson requests that letters be directed... dating from [? 1440] 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 8/336/15871
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1440]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Agnes Megson of Wakefield.
- Name(s)
- Megson, Agnes
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Megson requests that letters be directed to Waterton to cause justice to be done to her in two matters, firstly, because Lorymer has unlawfully occupied her lands for three years, and secondly, because Wheatley owes money which he borrowed from her late husband.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- [Partly illegible] If the lands contained within were held as is claimed, then Waterton ...2) These are bills of various complaints with writs sub pena.
- Places mentioned
- Wakefield, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- People mentioned
- John Lorymer, smith of Wakefield
- Henry Wheteley (Wheatley), chaplain
- Robert de Waterton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1440, though no reason is given. The petition dates to between 1399 and 1458, during which time Waterton was almost always appointed to commissions of the peace in the West Riding.
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.567 (1399: first commission of the peace in West Riding of Yorkshire to Waterton)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. VI, 1452-1461, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.683 (1458: final commission of the peace in West Riding of Yorkshire to Waterton)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736259/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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