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Richard de Compton. de Compton Richard King and council Compton shows that he is...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/1976
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/40/1976
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard de Compton.
- Name(s)
- de Compton, Richard
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Compton shows that he is a tenant of a moiety of the vill of Keinton, and that this was once held by William Mandeville for which he ought to find 2 men to follow the tithe and tithingman of Barton to be with him at his making of presentments at the hundred of Catsash. Mandeville enfranchised his neifs of the vill who used to follow the tithingmen of Barton. Compton was enfeoffed of a moiety of the vill and in all his time has not found the men. Now he is distrained to find the men although the neifs were enfranchised and the tithingman ought to sue them. He requests remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- If he was distrained by the bailiff of the king, he should claim it from him by a writ of replevin the distraint if he wishes, or he should prosecute before the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer, and they should be ordered to summon the bailiff before them to do justice to Compton concerning the debt.
- Places mentioned
- Keinton Mandeville, [Somerset]
- Barton St David, [Somerset]
- Catsash hundred, Somerset
- People mentioned
- William Maundevile (Mandeville)
- William de Fanelore
- Matilda [Maundevile, (Mandeville)], sister of William Mandeville
- Agnes [Maundevile, (Mandevile)], sister of William Mandevile
- Robert de Lamborn.
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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 1322
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.325a (no.174) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062180/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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