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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
SC 8/39/1912
Date
[1322-1325]
Description
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].
Note
The petition can be dated to the period 1322-1325 as this was the term of Chamberlain's shrievalty (List of Sheriffs, p.78).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1440
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062115/

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