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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Fitz Bernard Bernard John King and council 1) John Fitz Bernard shows that he...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/33/1622
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/33/1622
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1281]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Fitz Bernard
- Name(s)
- Bernard, John
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- 1) John Fitz Bernard shows that he is bound to several Jews. He has paid some of the sums owing, and requests the grace of the king, and that he be allowed the sums that he has paid, and that he be able to pay the moiety of the value of the valuation of all his lands a year so that the arrears be paid.2) Further Fitz Bernard shows that he sold lands to Humphrey le Cael on condition that he acquit him of the Jews. However he has done nothing and holds the land. Fitz Bernard requests that he have a remedy for the fraud that Cael has done.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Exeter, [Devon]
- Wilton, [Wiltshire]
- London
- People mentioned
- Jacob Copyn, Jew of Exeter
- Benedict son of Samuel, Jew of Wilton
- Manasser son of Aaron, Jew of London
- Abraham son of Isaac, Jew of London
- Humphrey le Cael
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The guard dates this to? c.1281. Its basis is the reference to Abraham son of Isaac and Manasser son of Aaron. The basis of this date is unclear, though the hand does suggest a petition of the 1280s-1290s.
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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 1139
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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/C9061819/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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