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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Writ of Henry IV to the sheriff of Leicestershire, asking him...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/23/1107B
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Writ of Henry IV to the sheriff of Leicestershire, asking him... dating from 1406 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 8/23/1107B
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1406
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Writ of Henry IV to the sheriff of Leicestershire, asking him to have John Belers and James Belers junior appear before the king and council in parliament on the Monday after the feast of St Benedict next, to answer accusations against them, on pain of a penalty of £100; and if, they are not at their houses, to leave writs and these instructions with the inhabitants.By petition of parliament.
- Nature of endorsement
- The answer of John de Berkeley, sheriff.By virtue of this writ, I, the aforementioned sheriff, went in person to the houses of John Belers and James Belers, and because I could not find them, or either of them, in their houses, I left the royal writs addressed to the same John and James at their houses, and instructed those whom I found there to instruct them, and each of them, to appear in person before the king and his council in parliament on the day mentioned in the writs, on pain of £100, to do and receive in all things as this writ demands and requires. And I further answer that John and James are not found in my bailiwick.
- Places mentioned
- Leicestershire
- People mentioned
- Henry [IV], King of England
- John de Berkeley, sheriff of Leicestershire
- John Belers
- James Belers, junior
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated at Westminster, 11 March 7 Henry IV (1406).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The petition which gave rise to this writ is SC 8/23/1107A
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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 937
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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)
- Latin
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061274/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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