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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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Gregory de Compton. de Compton Gregory King Compton states that he was attached at...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/1974
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/40/1974
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Gregory de Compton.
- Name(s)
- de Compton, Gregory
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- Compton states that he was attached at Christchurch by Plecy to be brought before the barons, and was delivered to the sheriff of Hampshire, and was imprisoned from Easter week 15 Edward II. He requests the king's grace for his delivery, or that he be able by sufficient mainprise to reside within the town of Winchester where he is imprisoned and purchase his sustenance until he has the grace of the king.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Just as for other prisons.2) Coram domino rege.
- Places mentioned
- Christchurch, [Hampshire]
- Winchester, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- Edmund de Plecy.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1324 as an order was issued to release Compton to William de Aylesmere, king's clerk, who had mainperned him (CCR 1323-7, p.105).
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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 1502
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.105 (order for the release of Compton)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062178/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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