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John de Wesenham. de Wesenham John [King] and council [The text of the petition is...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/342/16124
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/342/16124
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1347]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Wesenham.
- Name(s)
- de Wesenham, John
- Addressees
- [King] and council
- Nature of request
- [The text of the petition is largely illegible down both sides].Wesenham states that the great crown was delivered to Chyrnyton and his companions upon certain covenants [...] £4,000 which the petitioner paid to acquit the crown, and delivered the same to the king. Upon this the king granted to the petitioner [...] seal all the lands and tenements with the appurtenances that were to the petitioner and his companions to hold until he was paid the £4,000 [...]. And upon this [the petitioner and his companions of the] one part and Chyrnyton and his companions of the other in the Exchequer were commanded to account amongst themselves upon the things [... Chyrnyton] and his companions owed to the petitioner £8,000, whereof £4,000 was rebated for the lands and tenements [...] Chyrnyton and his companions by virtue of the said patent. Of the other £4,000, the petitioner pardoned it to Chyrnyton and his companions, and upon this [...] made general by his part and the other and indentures rehearsing their account and accord before arbiters assigned by the council, and that the estate that the petitioner [...] Chyrnyton and his companions, and also that they acknowledge in the Exchequer that Chyrnyton and his companions did not owe that £1,000 of the arrears of the £4,000 [...] supposing the patents to be in force it is awarded in the Exchequer that the petitioner ought to lose his recovery of the said patent. Wesenham requests that he is able to have his right in the said tenements according to the arbitration, indentures and patent in salvation of him [...] otherwise he will be destroyed without cause.
- Nature of endorsement
- If there is an error, let him sue according to the form of the statute made on it.
- People mentioned
- Walter de Chyrnyton (Chiryton).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? c. 1347 on the basis of a possibly related entry in the close rolls relating to the petitioner and Chyrnyton (CCR 1346-9, pp. 290-1).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Unsorted Miscellanea (transferred 6/3/24).
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1346-1349, (Public Record Office, 1905), pp.290-1 (entry concerning the purchase of a large quantity of wool by the petitioner and Chyrnyton, and possibly in part relating to this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736605/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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