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Simon Chamberleyn (Chamberlain), Sheriff of Lincolnshire. Chamberleyn (Chamberlain)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/39/1912
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This record is about the Simon Chamberleyn (Chamberlain), Sheriff of Lincolnshire. Chamberleyn (Chamberlain)... dating from [1322-1325] 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 8/39/1912
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322-1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Simon Chamberleyn (Chamberlain), Sheriff of Lincolnshire.
- Name(s)
- Chamberleyn (Chamberlain), Simon
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- Sheriff of Lincolnshire
- Nature of request
- Chamberleyn states that he pays his farm of the county, but he is unable to have all the things that contribute to the profits of the office. The barons of the Exchequer have charged him and wish to have the farm from him by distress so that he requests that he be discharged and a suitable remedy be ordained.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons that they summon the sheriff before them to hear his complaint, and inform themselves by the remembrances of the Exchequer and in all other manners where the matter contained in the petition is one of the causes for which the farm is so high, and also enquire of what damage has accrued to the sheriff by the granting of liberties, and inform the king.Coram domino rege.
- Places mentioned
- Nicole (Lincoln), [Lincolnshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition can be dated to the period 1322-1325 as this was the term of Chamberlain's shrievalty (List of Sheriffs, p.78).
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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 1440
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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/C9062115/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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