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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Ilchester. King and council. 1) The burgesses state that the county...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/2/77
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This record is about the Burgesses of Ilchester. King and council. 1) The burgesses state that the county... dating from [c. 1321] 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 8/2/77
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1321]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Ilchester.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- 1) The burgesses state that the county court of Somerset was held at Ilchester, but was moved to Somerton by the steward of Eleanor, late queen of England to their ruin and of the farm paid to the king. The burgesses request remedy as although the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer were commanded to view the inquest taken into the matter, they have done nothing.2) Copy of a writ of Edward II to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that having viewed and examined the inquisition returned before them they should do what is right for the king and the community of the county.
- Nature of endorsement
- [No visible endorsement as obscured by repair].
- Places mentioned
- Ilchester, [Somerset]
- Somerset
- Somerton, [Somerset]
- York
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- John de Everdon, Baron of the Exchequer
- Hugh de Courtenay
- Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England
- Edward II, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The writ copied after the petition is dated to 14 Edward II (1320-1321), so this petition is likely to date to c. 1321 onwards.
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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 4500
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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 and Latin
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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 .307 (Latin summary of an earlier petition on the same matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060190/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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