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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Walter Ardern of Warwickshire, esquire. Ardern Walter Prince. Ardern shows that where...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/344/E1307
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This record is about the Walter Ardern of Warwickshire, esquire. Ardern Walter Prince. Ardern shows that where... dating from 1482 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 8/344/E1307
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1482
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter Ardern of Warwickshire, esquire.
- Name(s)
- Ardern, Walter
- Addressees
- Prince.
- Nature of request
- Ardern shows that where as his son and heir John, by crafty means and by such force and might as he has, and seeing that his father is but an innocent man intending no trouble but to live upon his lands in rest and peace has entered upon his lands, against his will and contrary to the law and ousted him, his wife and other children from his lands to his great sorrow and utter undoing without the prince's gracious aid. He requests that having considered the matter, and by the advice of his council, the prince will direct letters missive to John to end his occupation, and to appear before the prince and his council at a certain day to answer the premises, and the council to rule as is thought most appropriate to right law and conscience.
- Nature of endorsement
- [...] April, 22 Edw. IV.A letter to the parties to appear here [...] past.
- Places mentioned
- Warwickshire.
- People mentioned
- [Edward Plantagenet], prince [of Wales]
- John Ardern, son and heir of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1482 because the response is dated to April, 22 Edw. IV.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition possibly by the same petitioner, see SC 8/89/4403
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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)
- English
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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/C9736727/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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