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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Cornewaille (Cornwall), knight. de Cornewaille (Cornwall) William Queen....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/41/2001
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This record is about the William de Cornewaille (Cornwall), knight. de Cornewaille (Cornwall) William Queen.... dating from [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 8/41/2001
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Cornewaille (Cornwall), knight.
- Name(s)
- de Cornewaille (Cornwall), William
- Addressees
- Queen.
- Nature of request
- Cornewaille states that the sheriff by colour of his bailiwick has come to his manor and took his corn and chattels, and by distraints of his arable so that he could not cultivate his lands to his damage to force him to sell his land to him. He also has seized the dower lands of his late mother and holds Cornewaille out of the land so that he can't recover it because of the support he has in the country.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- He should send the bills of the queen to the tryers.2) He should sue by the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Branel (St Stephen in Brannel), [Cornwall].
- People mentioned
- John Treiagu, Sheriff of Cornwall
- Margery de Cornewaille (Cornwall), mother of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition must date to 1327 as the petition is addressed to the queen, and Treiagu was sheriff from 1324 until 1327 (List of Sheriffs, p.21).
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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 1310
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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/C9062206/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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