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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Gurney, knight. de Gurney John King and council Gurney requests remedy and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/49/2447
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This record is about the John de Gurney, knight. de Gurney John King and council Gurney requests remedy and... dating from [c. 1368] 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 8/49/2447
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1368]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Gurney, knight.
- Name(s)
- de Gurney, John
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Gurney requests remedy and that the sheriff of Somerset be made to come and account before the council of the queen because they are not able to have justice because of the sheriff's power. . . The sheriff has destroyed the manors, goods and chattels of the petitioner in Somerset in the manors of Englishcombe, Odwode, and Knowle as appears by a bill made to the king and his council to the great damage of the petitioner and to no advantage of the queen. . .
- Nature of endorsement
- Concerning the trespass made before the manor came into the hand of the queen, the petitioner should sue at the common law. Concerning the other points of the petition, let the council of the queen be made to come into Chancery and there show and hear the reasons . . . justice be done.
- Places mentioned
- Inglescomb (Englishcombe), [Somerset]
- Odwode [unidentified], [Somerset]
- Knole (Knowle), [Somerset].
- People mentioned
- John de Langlonde (Longelond), late Sheriff of Somerset
- John Holland, attorney of the queen
- [Philippa of Hainault], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition states that Longeland was no longer sheriff, so must date from 1368 or soon thereafter.
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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 3655
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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/C9062660/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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