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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard de Berners. de Berners Richard King and council. Richard de Berners states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/8/376
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/8/376
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard de Berners.
- Name(s)
- de Berners, Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Richard de Berners states that he arraigned an assize of novel disseisin before Gilbert de Roubirs and his companions, against John, son of Edmund de Berners and others, concerning tenements in West Horsley and adjoining vills in Surrey, and that this assize, because of certain difficulties, was adjourned to the Bench. It is still pending there, and has been for two and a half years. He requests that the king ask the justices to proceed in that plea without delay, according to the process made before them, and to do swift justice to the parties. And if there is some difficulty which prevents them from doing this, that the record and process might be sent before the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- The justices are to be ordered to proceed to determine that business, as swiftly as they can according to the law and custom of the realm, without that clause 'And if there is any difficulty etc.'
- Places mentioned
- West Horsley, Surrey.
- People mentioned
- Gilbert de Roubirs (Rothbury), justice
- John [de Berners], son of Edmund de Berners.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The date is given on the guard as '? 1319-24, cf. preced. (which is probably earlier), and Pat. R. p.607'. CCR 1317-1321 p. 607 is dated at Westminster, May 16 1321, but seems to be the association of two justices in an assize, rather than an adjournment to either bench, so probably precedes the adjournment.If the adjournment took place soon afterwards, however, and the petition has been delayed there for two and a half years, that would date this petition to c. 1324. It is hard to tell whether it is earlier or later than SC 8/8/375: in terms of hand it is impossible to tell, and in terms of subject-matter they seem to be at a roughly similar stage of the proceedings, each giving slightly different details. SC 8/8/375 specifically mentions William de Bereford as one of the justices before whom the case was adjourned: he sat on Common Bench until 1324(Selden Society vol. 55, Select Cases in the Court of King's Bench: Edward I, vol. I, p.cxli), which would again suggest a date around then.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.8 of PRO 31/7/95
For a later related petition see SC 8/8/375
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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 547
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.607 (association of William de Bereford and William de Herle with other justices trying this case)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), pp. 425a, no.33 (edition of a later copy of a related petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060500/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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