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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Denton. de Denton Robert King and council Denton requests that he be restored...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/42/2073
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/42/2073
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Denton.
- Name(s)
- de Denton, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Denton requests that he be restored to his office of coroner in the liberty of Holderness according to the form of his letters. He was granted the bailiwick for his good service, but was ejected by Longleis who is now dead, and the bailiwick is wrongly in the hand of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- If his disseisors in the assize of novel disseisin are dead, he should recover at the common law according as the case demands.
- Places mentioned
- Holderness, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- William Longleis, late bailiff of the king.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1340 since Denton was granted the office on 21 June 1340 (CPR 1338-40, p.545). The petition is unlikely to be any later than 1341 as one Thomas de Lyndelowe was granted the office on 20 January 1341 (CPR 1340-3, p.83).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the copy of the grant formerly appended to this petition see SC 8/42/2074
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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 2501
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1338-1340, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.545 (grant of the office to Denton)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062279/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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