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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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Sheriff of Devon. King and council Sheriff of Devon The sheriff requests that he...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/42/2097
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This record is about the Sheriff of Devon. King and council Sheriff of Devon The sheriff requests that he... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1350] 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 8/42/2097
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Sheriff of Devon.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- Sheriff of Devon
- Nature of request
- The sheriff requests that he be able to have a grant of all mises and costs around the castle by view of certain people that are deputed and assigned by the king towards the faults of the castle as he is not able to have any allowance in his account for expenses for the castle.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Exeter, Devon.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- No positive context has been established and the petition is here dated notionally to the first half of the fourteenth century on the basis of incidental references on the guard.
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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 2485
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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/C9062303/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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