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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commonalty of Essex. King and council. The commonalty complain that Claydon, late...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/14/676
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This record is about the Commonalty of Essex. King and council. The commonalty complain that Claydon, late... dating from [? 1327] 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 8/14/676
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of Essex.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The commonalty complain that Claydon, late minister of the Forest has gone beyond his commission against law and reason and the assize of the forest oppressed a great number of them. They request grace and remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Everyone who has been injured should sue at the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Essex.
- People mentioned
- William de Claydon, minister of the forest.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition like several in this file seems to date to early in the reign of Edward III. As Claydon was a minister under Hugh le Despenser when he was justice of the Forest it is likely that this petition is early 1327 once Despenser's influence had been removed.
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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 2953
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. III, Edw II, 1319-1327, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.423 (commitment of the office of justice to Thomas Wake, with order to Claydon to deliver the rolls to him)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.380b (no.14) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060817/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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