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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Hereward of Devon Hereward Robert King and council Robert Hereward states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/51/2547
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This record is about the Robert Hereward of Devon Hereward Robert King and council Robert Hereward states... dating from [1334] 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 8/51/2547
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Hereward of Devon
- Name(s)
- Hereward, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Robert Hereward states that, although he has never been to Norfolk, or committed any trespass against Thomas Roscelyn, Thomas has maliciously purchased a writ of oyer et terminer against him in Norfolk, claiming that he stole his goods in Blakeney, in that county, and committed other trespasses against him; and this has been sued until he has been put in exigent, and does not dare for fear of death to enter that county to stand at law. He requests a remedy, so that he can stand at law somewhere where he can save his life.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram magno consilio.Because it is attested before the council that the purchace was made through malice and that he cannot come into the said county without danger of his life, the justices are to be ordered that for these reasons they are to have the record and process, and all other things touching this business, brought before the king; and if he finds sufficient mainpernors in Chancery to appear before the king on a certain day which the Chancellor will ordain, to stand at law, then the Sheriff is to be ordered to suspend the exigent for the aforesaid mainprise.
- Places mentioned
- Devon
- Snytersle (Blakeney), Norfolk
- People mentioned
- Thomas Roscelyn
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1333-7 p.306 is dated 1 March 1334, and is clearly in response to this petition.
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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 3961
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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. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.306 (order to John de Shardelowe, justice, to have the record and process of this case brought before the king, in accordance with the endorsement)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062762/
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