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Henry Alard, son of Gervase Alard Alard Henry King Henry Alard complains that the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/30/1480
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/30/1480
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1313]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry Alard, son of Gervase Alard
- Name(s)
- Alard, Henry
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- Henry Alard complains that the Sheriff of Sussex, by procurement of the Prior of Wilmington, is distraining and executing his office in his lands, although they are in the franchise of Pevensey, a member of the Cinque Ports, and he has no jurisdiction there. He asks the king to send a letter of command to the Sheriff, ordering him not to enter the said lands, or others in the franchise, before the perambulation of the franchise which the king has granted has been completed.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Sheriff is to be ordered not to enter the liberty of the Cinque Ports contrary to the tenor of their charters.
- Places mentioned
- Pevensey, [Sussex]
- the Cinque Ports
- Wilmington, [Sussex]
- People mentioned
- Gervase Alard, father of petitioner
- the Prior of Wilmington
- the Sheriff of Sussex
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated on the guard to? c. 1307, but 1313 seems a more likely date, given CPR 1307-13 p.601, dated at Westminster, 3 April 1313. This might well be the perambulation referred to in the petition, especially as mention is made of avoiding disputes like the one mentioned here.Other mentions of the petitioner are in CPR 1313-7, pp. 356 and 509.
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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 52
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.601 (commission to view the bounds of the liberty of the Cinque Ports, to put an end to disputes with the men of Sussex)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061673/
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