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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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People of the Hundred of Corby. King and council The people show that Lonere has...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/2000
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This record is about the People of the Hundred of Corby. King and council The people show that Lonere has... dating from [c. 1307-c. 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/40/2000
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the Hundred of Corby.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The people show that Lonere has caught numerous robbers in several neighbouring vills and retained the stolen goods and allowed the thieves to escape, and has taken 2 heifers in the vill of Carlton into the liberty of the queen and still detains them without law. He is also a maintainer of all evil people of the country whereof the people request remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king is not able to do anything if it was not undertaken by indictment.
- Places mentioned
- Corby hundred, Northamptonshire
- Wirbeston (Wilbarston), [Northamptonshire]
- Dingley, [Northamptonshire]
- Ashley, [Northamptonshire]
- Rockingham, [Northamptonshire]
- East Carlton, [Northamptonshire].
- People mentioned
- Richard Lonere of Wilbarston, bailiff of Corby.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition has been dated to Edward II's reign (probably the latter part) on the basis of the handwriting style and the reference to the queen. In addition this dating late in Edward II is further supported by the existence of an endorsement in French which only became common practice after 1322.
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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 1314
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062204/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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