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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Cheverston. de Cheverston William King and council Cheverston shows that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/39/1917
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/39/1917
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Cheverston.
- Name(s)
- de Cheverston, William
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Cheverston shows that he and Daune were assigned to elect 300 men in Devon to go to Newcastle to serve as soldiers with the king against his enemies. Cheverston came to the vill of Sutton to choose men and was assaulted by Sampson and others and imprisoned the selected men until they made fines, to Cheverston's damage. He requests remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should have a writ in Chancery made in accordance with the effect of the petition.
- Places mentioned
- Devoneshire (Devon)
- Novele Chastel sur Tyne (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), [Northumberland]
- Sutton [unidentified], [Devon].
- People mentioned
- Nicholas Daune
- Henry Sampson
- John de Lamerton
- John Baig
- Walter de [Northkote], called Edmund de Northkote
- Edmund de Northkote, called Walter de [Northkote]
- William Caperoun
- John Bard.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is likely to date to 1323, or very shortly thereafter since the commission was issued to Cheverston and Daune on 5 April 1323 (CPR 1321-4, p.274).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/98/4880
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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 1567
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.274 (commission to Cheverston and Dauneye to array the soldiers in Devon)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062120/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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