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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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Robert de Hokesham de Hokesham Robert King and council Robert de Hokesham states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/52/2575
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/52/2575
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Hokesham
- Name(s)
- de Hokesham, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Robert de Hokesham states that his ancestors have always held the hundred of Budleigh in Devon in fee farm, of the gift of Henry I, until, after his father's death, he and his lands were taken into the king's hand by reason of his minority; and, when he came of age, the king retained this hundred in his hand, where it remains. He requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the inquisitions returned in Chancery after the death of his ancestor be examined, and let justice be done.
- Places mentioned
- Budleigh hundred, Devon
- People mentioned
- Henry I, King of England
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The Latin summary of the petition is enrolled on the roll of the October parliament of 12 Edward II (1318) (Docs. Illus. English History p.6).
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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 4086
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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)
- Documents Illustrative of English History in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, selected from the Records of the Department of the Queen's Remembrancer of the Exchequer, Ed. H. Cole, (Record Commission, 1844), p.6 (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062790/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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