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People of Sevenhampton. King. The people of Sevenhampton request remedy for they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/2/96
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This record is about the People of Sevenhampton. King. The people of Sevenhampton request remedy for they... dating from [1315] 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 8/2/96
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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
- People of Sevenhampton.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people of Sevenhampton request remedy for they are being tallaged by Nicholas Pershete, the keeper of the manor of Sevenhampton when they should not be tallaged. When the manor had been in the hand of the countess of Aumale they had granted that they would pay the sum of £6 10s. at the time when her son was made a knight, and her daughter was married. Afterwards, when the manor came into the king's hand, the keeper saw this in the accounts of the time of the countess under the name of a tallage, and charged them for the sum. The people impleaded the late king who ordered his writ to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer, a transcription of which is sewn to the petition by which he respited the people forever. Pershete though having been discharged at the Exchequer still charges the people.
- Nature of endorsement
- [There is no endorsement, the that found on SC 8/2/97 is probably the response to the petition].
- Places mentioned
- Sevenhampton, [Wiltshire].
- People mentioned
- Nicholas Pershete
- [Aveline de Forz], countess of Aumale.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1315 by reference to the title in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.314, noting this petition to be for the parliament held at Westminster in the octave of Hillary, 8 Edw.II.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a copy of the writ formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/2/97
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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 7273
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Manors
- Taxation
- Marriage and divorce
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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.329a (no. 203) (Latin edition of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060209/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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