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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Acton de Acton John King and council John de Acton states that a suit between...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/30/1472
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/30/1472
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1312]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Acton
- Name(s)
- de Acton, John
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- John de Acton states that a suit between him and Roger Helawe and the son and heir of Ralph Pyn, concerning tenements in Lyn and Woolhanger, has been halted because Roger claims that he cannot allow John to aver that they were held of him without the king being consulted. John requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- The justices are to be ordered to proceed to enquire into the truth of the matter etc., but that they are not to proceed to judgment without consulting the king.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Lyme (Lyn), [Devon]
- Welhangre (Woolhanger), [Devon]
- Bredenessh (Bradninch), Devon
- Bradewelle (Bradwell), [Buckinghamshire]
- People mentioned
- William de Bereford
- Robert Helawe
- Ralph Pyn
- Edmund [of Almaine], Earl of Cornwall
- Margaret [de Clare], Countess of Cornwall
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable from internal evidence to the period after the death in 1312 of Margaret, countess of Cornwall (that is, the wife of Edmund of Almaine (d. 1300), earl of Cornwall, rather than the Margaret Clare who married Piers Gaveston, earl of Cornwall).
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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 42
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061665/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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