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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Coventre (Coventry). de Coventre (Coventry) William King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/3/131
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/3/131
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Coventre (Coventry).
- Name(s)
- de Coventre (Coventry), William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Coventre shows the king that the king has been deceived and disinherited of an escheat of land in the town of Winchelsea and the marsh of Higham which should have come into his hand by the death of John de Rakle but which was fraudulently claimed by Walter de Rakle by the procurement of the bailiff of Winchelsea.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the truth of the contents of the petition by enquired into by a writ to the keeper of the Cinque Ports, and he is to certify the king in Chancery of what he finds.
- Places mentioned
- Winchelsea, [Sussex]
- Ihamme (Higham), [Sussex].
- People mentioned
- John [de Rakle] son of John de Rakle
- Robert Paulyn, bailiff of Winchelsea
- Walter [de Rakle] son of Geoffrey de Rakle de Burghesshe
- John Jacob de Winchelsea.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1320 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.365 for the parliament held on Monday in the octave of St Michael, 14 Edward II.
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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 8/97/4836
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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 1332
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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.373b (no.22) (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060249/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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