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William Hereford of Berkhamsted Hereford William King William Hereford states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/51/2545
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/51/2545
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1302]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Hereford of Berkhamsted
- Name(s)
- Hereford, William
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- William Hereford states that long before his death Edmund, Earl of Cornwall granted him the custody of the park, foreign wood and warren of Berkhamsted for life. He asks the king to confirm his charter for this.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.His charter is to be examined.He is to go to the Treasurer and make fine, and what he asks is to be done.It is to be done by a fine of 20s. and they are to be enrolled in the rolls of Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Berkhamsted, [Hertfordshire]
- People mentioned
- Edmund [of Almaine], Earl of Cornwall
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1301-7 p.61 is dated at Kempton, 24 August 1302. PROME, 1302, summer parliament, appendix, petitions belonging to this parliament and not otherwise recorded, no.6a says that this petition was probably submitted to the summer parliament of 1302.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A related petition is SC 8/314/E124
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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 3935
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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 I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.61 (confirmation of the petitioner's charter)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 1302, summer parliament, appendix, petitions belonging to this parliament and not otherwise recorded, no.6a (discussion of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062760/
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