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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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People of the town of Cambridge King and council The people show that Potenhale came...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/37/1842
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/37/1842
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1338-1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the town of Cambridge
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The people show that Potenhale came to Cambridge at feast of the Purification in the previous year and by a commission took their beasts and drove them to London where they were killed, salted and put in a boat for provisioning. The people have sued for payment, but have been delayed because the beasts were not consumed in the Household. They request remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- 1) Coram magno consilio.2) Let it be ordered to Ferriby, and the treasurer of the Wardrobe, that they summon before them the purveyor, and view the tallies, and if they find that the beasts were taken to the profit of the king then they should do justice to the people. And in case that they were not . . . then they should certify the cause in Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire]
- London
- People mentioned
- John de Potenhale, purveyor of the king's Household
- Richard de Fereby (Ferriby), then Treasurer of the Wardrobe
- [William de] le Zouche, Treasurer
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to the period 1338-40 as it refers to de la Zouche as treasurer. The reference to Richard de Ferriby also confirms this as he was treasurer of the Wardrobe until 1337.
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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 1751
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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/C9062044/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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