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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Bealchamp (Beauchamp) de Somerset. de Bealchamp (Beauchamp) John King. Bealchamp...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/2/61
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This record is about the John de Bealchamp (Beauchamp) de Somerset. de Bealchamp (Beauchamp) John King. Bealchamp... dating from [1300-1307] 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 8/2/61
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1300-1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Bealchamp (Beauchamp) de Somerset.
- Name(s)
- de Bealchamp (Beauchamp), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Bealchamp requests that:1) He be excused the payment of scutage that the king is demanding from him for the levying of the first Welsh war as during that time he and his men did service in so far as he was able. Nevertheless he is distrained for the scutage in his lands of Somerset.2) Whereas there are diverse debts currently demanded in the Exchequer from the heirs of William de Forz, and he is one of the heirs by marriage, he requests that the king respite the debts until the next parliament after Easter that he be able to seek aquittances if there are any to be had. He requests that the king compel the other heirs to answer with him for the same time.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should address the Exchequer and there he should have remedy.
- Places mentioned
- Somerset.
- People mentioned
- William de Forz.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1300-1307 since the petition must date to before 1307, as Cecily Beauchamp, the petitioner's wife was a widow in 1307 (CCR 1302-07, p.486)
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.8 of PRO 31/7/92
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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)
- Parliamentary Petition 162
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.274a (no.5) (Later related petition by petitioner's widow)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060173/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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