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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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Henry de Screvin. de Screvin Henry King and council. Screvin shows that whereas he...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/2/68
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/2/68
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry de Screvin.
- Name(s)
- de Screvin, Henry
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Screvin shows that whereas he and his ancestors from time out of mind had the chief keepership in fee of the forestry of the forest of Knaresborough, and of parks, William de Vaux late steward of Knaresborough, who is dead, in malice and without reason wrongly deprived Screvin from his bailiwick and his keepership when he committed no trespass. Screvin requests remedy and restitution according to the law and reason, so that Screvin, his heirs or servants are not disinherited.
- Nature of endorsement
- The constable of the castle of Knaresborough is ordered to enquire more fully into the contents of the petition and certify the king.
- Places mentioned
- Knaresborough, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- William de Vaux, Steward of Knaresborough.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This can be dated fairly closely to 1315 by the title contained in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.289 which notes this as being 'Responses made in the presence of the king and his great council in the parliament of the king after the Octave of St Hillary, in the 8th year'.
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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 7156
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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.301a-b (no.50) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060181/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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