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Renaud de Botreaux, knight of Cornwall; Richard de Chambernon, knight of Cornwall...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/35/1714

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This record is about the Renaud de Botreaux, knight of Cornwall; Richard de Chambernon, knight of Cornwall... dating from [c. 1325] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/35/1714
Date
[c. 1325]
Description
Petitioners
Renaud de Botreaux, knight of Cornwall; Richard de Chambernon, knight of Cornwall
Name(s)
de Botreaux; de Chambernon, Renaud; Richard
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
The petitioners were commanded to come to council and state that the king might wish to appoint William de Botreaux and the others as keepers of the Peace, and keepers of the coast, and that the king might discharge them of the archers he has summoned as the county is poorly defended and needs them.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Cornwall
People mentioned
William de Botreaux
Randolf Blankmester
Ralph Bley
William de Botrigan
John de Aroundel (Arundel)
Richard Serceaux
Note
The petition probably dates to c. 1325 for the petitioners were commissioned to pursue and arrest disturbers of the peace, and as commissioners of the peace on 27 July 1325 and 28 February 1326 respectively (CPR 1324-7, pp.228, 285)
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1112
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), pp.228, 285 (appointment of the petitioners to pursue and arrest disturbers and keepers of the peace, and as commissioners of the peace)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061913/

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