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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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John de Bereford de Bereford John King and council Bereford requests the office of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/33/1603
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This record is about the John de Bereford de Bereford John King and council Bereford requests the office of... dating from [1327-1334] 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 8/33/1603
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327-1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Bereford
- Name(s)
- de Bereford, John
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Bereford requests the office of summoner of the hundred of Chisbury for the term of his life.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.2) A man should choose good men to be ministers, and not those who present themselves.
- Places mentioned
- Cisshbury hundred (Chisbury), Wiltshire
- People mentioned
- Thomas Escrik
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1327-34 on the guard. It certainly cannot be later than 1334 as executors were collecting debts due to him in December 1334, he having died earlier in that year (CCR 1333-37, p.360).
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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 1093
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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/C9061800/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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