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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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William Kent of Cornwall Kent William The king The petitioner asks the king to order...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/55/2702
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This record is about the William Kent of Cornwall Kent William The king The petitioner asks the king to order... dating from [1388] 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 8/55/2702
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1388]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Kent of Cornwall
- Name(s)
- Kent, William
- Addressees
- The king
- Nature of request
- The petitioner asks the king to order the Chancellor to return to him certain lands and tenements in Cornwall that had been taken from him by Tresilian and which are now in the king's hands since Tresilian's forfeiture.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Trevillis, Cornwall
- People mentioned
- Robert Tresilian, lately [chief] justice
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly dated by reference to CPR 1385-9, p. 545.
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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 4699
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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 Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.545 (resulting commission of oyer and terminer)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062919/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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