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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Philip Arfos of Cornwall. Arfos Philip King. Philip Arfos states that he was seised...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/31/1502
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This record is about the Philip Arfos of Cornwall. Arfos Philip King. Philip Arfos states that he was seised... dating from [1388] 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 8/31/1502
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1388]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Philip Arfos of Cornwall.
- Name(s)
- Arfos, Philip
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Philip Arfos states that he was seised of the manor of Prideaux until he was disseised by the former justice Robert Tresilyan, and that he afterwards entered it before Robert was convicted of treason, but that, despite this, the king's officers seized it into his hand as forfeit. He asks the king to order his Chancellor to return the manor to him.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Prydyaux (Prideaux), [Cornwall].
- People mentioned
- Robert Tresilyan (Tresilian), justice.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1385-9 p.541 is dated at Westminster, 10 July 1388. This is noted on the guard of the petition: the date c. 1388 has however been scored out.
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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 6
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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, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.541 (commission to inquire into this matter, amongst other similar cases)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061696/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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