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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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John Fauconer, son and heir of John Fauconer of Eastmarsh Fauconer John King and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/47/2310
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This record is about the John Fauconer, son and heir of John Fauconer of Eastmarsh Fauconer John King and... dating from [c. 1341] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/47/2310
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1341]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Fauconer, son and heir of John Fauconer of Eastmarsh
- Name(s)
- Fauconer, John
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- John, son and heir of John Fauconer of Eastmarsh, states that the Barons of the Exchequer are demanding from him a debt which his father owed the king for the arrears of a farm which he held of him, although he is not his father's executor, and has not inherited enough land or goods from him for this to be reasonable in law.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Eastmarsh, Somerset
- Westmarsh, Somerset
- People mentioned
- John Fauconer of Eastmarsh, father of petitioner
- Margery [Fauconer], mother of petitioner
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1341-3 p.324 is dated at Newcastle upon Tyne, 16 December 1341, and would suggest that the petitioner's father had died not long before, so a date of c. 1341 seems reasonable.
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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 3369
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VI, 1341-1343, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.324 (order to the Escheator of Somerset and Dorset not to intermeddle further with the lands which belonged to John le Fauconer, as the king has learnt from an inquest taken by the late Escheator that John held no lands in chief from the king, but held lands for life from various lords)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062521/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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