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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Pomeroy, knight; Joan (Pomeroy), wife of Thomas Pomeroy. Pomeroy; Pomeroy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/22/1078
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This record is about the Thomas Pomeroy, knight; Joan (Pomeroy), wife of Thomas Pomeroy. Pomeroy; Pomeroy... dating from [1402] 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 8/22/1078
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Pomeroy, knight; Joan (Pomeroy), wife of Thomas Pomeroy.
- Name(s)
- Pomeroy; Pomeroy, Thomas; Joan
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Nature of request
- Thomas Pomeroy, knight, and Joan his wife request that the commons ask the king that they might be restored to certain manors and tenements in Devon and Cornwall, from which they were forcibly expelled by Philip Courtenay, knight, John his son and Joan, widow of James Chuddelegh, while Thomas was going to Wales in the king's service. They ask to be restored in such a way as to be able to defend themselves by common law, which they cannot do at present, as Philip and his associates broke into their tenements in Exeter by night, and stole all their deeds, charters and muniments, which were kept there.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] The lords are to speak to the king.Answered.[On dorse] This petition and the record on it are entered in the roll of parliament.
- Places mentioned
- Clyston (Broad Clyst), Devon
- Ayston (Ashton), Devon
- Shappelehilion (Shapley), Devon
- Hokesbeare (Huxbear), Devon
- Affelond (Affaland), Devon
- Exeter, Devon
- Westwydemouth (Widemouth), [Cornwall].
- People mentioned
- Philip Courtenay, knight
- John [Courtenay], son of Philip Courtenay
- Joan [Chuddelegh], widow of James Chuddelegh.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament of September 1402 (Rot. Parl. vol. III, pp.488a-489a).
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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 6708
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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), pp.488a-489a (transcription of petition on parliament roll, with response)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061242/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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