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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Everard le Frenche, of Bristol Frenche Everard King and council The petitioner shows...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/48/2364
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This record is about the Everard le Frenche, of Bristol Frenche Everard King and council The petitioner shows... dating from [c. 1344] 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 8/48/2364
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1344]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Everard le Frenche, of Bristol
- Name(s)
- Frenche, Everard
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The petitioner shows that he was commanded to hasten toward the king to prosecute transgressions against the law, by reason of which he went to the Tower of London and was charged with various tasks and did not depart from the city without the king's command. And while the petitioner was in London by the king's command, he was ordered to appear before Thorp and his fellow justices to answer for various felonies, trespasses and other matters before the sheriff of Somerset. In his absence the petitioner was indicted in their session by the procurement of his enemies and was fined £46. He seeks a remedy from the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the king be informed by chancery of the time that the petitioner was delayed and also a true account of the record and process of the time of his forfeiture in chancery. A writ to the justices of king's bench to gather together all the information and to secure the said fine, and to hand the case over to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer.
- Places mentioned
- Bristol
- London.
- People mentioned
- William de Thorp
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Securely dated by reference to CCR 1343-6, pp.507-8.
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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 3483
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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. VII, 1343-1346, (Public Record Office, 1904), pp.507-8 (order to discharge the petitioner, dated February 1345)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062575/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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