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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Simon Bygod (Bigod) of Whitton. Bygod (Bigod) Simon King and council. [The petition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/346/E1360
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This record is about the Simon Bygod (Bigod) of Whitton. Bygod (Bigod) Simon King and council. [The petition... dating from [c. 1290] 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 8/346/E1360
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Simon Bygod (Bigod) of Whitton.
- Name(s)
- Bygod (Bigod), Simon
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is not entirely legible particularly along its right-hand side].Bygod complains of Bevercotes [... West Rid]ing of Lincolnshire the 18th year of King Edward [...] Bevercotes with his two bailiffs [... came to the petitioner's] house and took one [...] and it was placed in their keeping. Bygod requests remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Whitton, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- William de Bevercotes
- John de Skaleby, bailiff of William de Bevercotes
- Reginald le Franceys, bailiff of William de Bevercotes
- Walter de Gloucestr' (Gloucester).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1290 as mention is made in the petition of 18 Edw., and the hand indicates that this is Edw. I.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/326/E754
For petition probably by the same petitioner, see SC 8/326/E766
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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 of the Exchequer (transferred August 1932).
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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/C9736784/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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