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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Geoffrey de Cornwayle (Cornwall), king's batchelor. de Cornwayle (Cornwall) Geoffrey...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/11/548
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This record is about the Geoffrey de Cornwayle (Cornwall), king's batchelor. de Cornwayle (Cornwall) Geoffrey... dating from [1317-1318] 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 8/11/548
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1317-1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Geoffrey de Cornwayle (Cornwall), king's batchelor.
- Name(s)
- de Cornwayle (Cornwall), Geoffrey
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Cornwayle requests that the king by counsel of his parliament ratify the moiety of the hundred of Overs as he had given to him by his charter, rendering at the Exchequer 6s. 8d., which moiety is ordered to be retaken into the king's hand by the new ordinances because the gift was made without the counsel of parliament. He states that it does not prejudice the crown, and it was given by reason that Cornwayle held the other moiety by right of the inheritance of his wife.
- Nature of endorsement
- When his charter and the inquests which have been returned into Chancery have been viewed and the king is to be advised on this.Coram rege tam expedite (to be expedited as quickly as possible).
- Places mentioned
- Overs hundred, Shropshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Probably dating to 1317-18. Cornwall received the grant of the moiety of the hundred on 10 May 1317 (CFR 1307-19, p.327). Quite why Rot. Parl. dates this to 1318 is not clear.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document see SC 8/331/15674
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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 1311
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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. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.81b-2a (no.37) (another petition by the same petitioner on a similar matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060683/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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