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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Benedict de Eglefeld (Eaglesfield) de Eglefeld (Eaglesfield) Benedict King and council...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/45/2210
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This record is about the Benedict de Eglefeld (Eaglesfield) de Eglefeld (Eaglesfield) Benedict King and council... dating from [1320] 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 8/45/2210
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Benedict de Eglefeld (Eaglesfield)
- Name(s)
- de Eglefeld (Eaglesfield), Benedict
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Benedict de Eglefeld states that he has purchased the manor of Clifton, which is held of the honour of Cockermouth, which is in the king's hand, and not of the crown, the Escheator has seized the manor, contrary to the tenor of the Great Charter, because Benedict purchased that manor without the king's permission. He requests a writ to the Escheator to remove his hand.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to sue in Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Clifton, [Cumberland]
- Cockermouth, [Cumberland]
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Another petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/45/2209
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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 2922
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.194 (pardon to petitioner for acquiring this manor and some other land)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.131-2 (no.100) (calendar of petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.375b (no.39) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062420/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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