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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
Henry Springald; William le Smith; William Guldepreen; Robert Vigrous. Springald;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/15/715
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This record is about the Henry Springald; William le Smith; William Guldepreen; Robert Vigrous. Springald;... dating from [? 1324] 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 8/15/715
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry Springald; William le Smith; William Guldepreen; Robert Vigrous.
- Name(s)
- Springald; Smith; Guldepreen; Vigrous, Henry; William; William; Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners complain of Cleet that he wrongfully brought a writ of trespass against them, and as keeper of the liberty took a precept of the sheriff to have them put to gage and pledge, and secretly retourned that they had nothing of which to be distrained or to be found, and upon this sued a capias until they had satisfied him to the great ransom by obligation in deceit of the court and the prejudice of the king. They request remedy and that the liberty be better governed.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because they made satisfaction at their own will, nothing can be done.
- Places mentioned
- Lambourn, [Berkshire].
- People mentioned
- Richard le Cleet, Farmer and Keeper of the liberty of Lambourn
- Sheriff of Berkshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A very problematic dating as the guard locates this to 1324 simply on the basis of an unconnected reference to Cleet (CCR 1323-27, p.331). No other references suggest a different date.
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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 7328
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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), p.389a (no.61) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060856/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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