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Richard de Somery. de Somery Richard King and council. Somery shows that he was in...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/15/718
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/15/718
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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
- Richard de Somery.
- Name(s)
- de Somery, Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Somery shows that he was in the peace of the king and had the manor of Bygrave. By the accusation and procurement of certain illwishers certain men, namely Prestbury and others of the county of Hertford came to the manor and took his goods and chattels to the value of £200 and were held by Baldock, though he was not of their affinity. He requests grace and remedy. He further requests that whereas Baldock has been granted the keeping of the lands of the heir of Hugh Bigod in Orwell until he is of age, that he can have this keeping in restitution and allowance of the goods and chattels taken from him.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should sue at common law.
- Places mentioned
- Bygrave, [Hertfordshire]
- Orwell, [Cambridgeshire].
- People mentioned
- Robert de Prestebury (Prestbury)
- Robert de Baldoc (Baldock)
- Hugh Bigod.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition seems to date to late in the reign of Edward II, or more likely early in the reign of Edward III, as the petitioner is trying to obtain a wardship for wrongs done to him in which the chancellor Robert Baldock was involved though apparently not complicit. 1327 seems more likely.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a badly damaged duplicate of this petition differently endorsed see SC 8/172/8572
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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 7244
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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.389b (no.64) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060859/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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