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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Neville, Lord Neville. Neville, Lord Neville John King and lords of parliament....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/19/904
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This record is about the John Neville, Lord Neville. Neville, Lord Neville John King and lords of parliament.... dating from [? 1378] 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 8/19/904
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Neville, Lord Neville.
- Name(s)
- Neville, Lord Neville, John
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- John, Lord Neville states that he was appointed by the King, the present king's grandfather, to guard the castle of Brest in Brittany for a certain time, after which time the Duke of Brittany arranged with him to guard it for a certain time, but he did not return with men-at-arms and archers when he said he would. Therefore Lord Neville took hostages from the French, for whom he paid 4500 marks and more, in the duke's default. He requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- The alliance made between the king and the said duke is to be examined, and the process is to be carried forward on this, and justice done to the parties according to the tenor of those alliances and the law of the land.
- Places mentioned
- Brist (Brest), [Brittany, France]
- Britanny [France].
- People mentioned
- [Edward III], King of England
- [John de Montfort], Duke of Brittany.
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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 5452
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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. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.53a-b (no.12) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061057/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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