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Edmund de Cornewall (Cornwall), late sheriff of Lincoln. de Cornewall (Cornwall)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/1951

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This record is about the Edmund de Cornewall (Cornwall), late sheriff of Lincoln. de Cornewall (Cornwall)... dating from [c. 1360] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/40/1951
Date
[c. 1360]
Description
Petitioners
Edmund de Cornewall (Cornwall), late sheriff of Lincoln.
Name(s)
de Cornewall (Cornwall), Edmund
Addressees
King and council.
Places mentioned
Nicoll (Lincolnshire)
Westminster.
Nature of request
1) Cornewall requests that it is granted to him to have averment as other sheriffs in the past have had for ancient farms of bailiffs which are still not able to be levied and that he be quit of the remaining charge. 2) Reciting a response made in parliament to an earlier petition on the same matter by the same petitioner and the ensuing writ to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer Cornewall requests remedy as the treasurer and barons did not wish to do anything.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2189
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062155/

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SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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