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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Leicestershire. King The petitioners ask that Nevill not be allowed to...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/58/2881
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This record is about the People of Leicestershire. King The petitioners ask that Nevill not be allowed to... dating from [1318] 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 8/58/2881
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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
- People of Leicestershire.
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask that Nevill not be allowed to take any lands and tenements in their county other than those of his wife's dower, according to the ordinances. They show that it is contained in the ordinances that no sheriff in any county has the right to take lands and tenements other than those for which he answers to the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- The answer to this kind of petition is in another place.
- Places mentioned
- Leicestershire.
- People mentioned
- William de Nevill, sheriff of Leicestershire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable by reference to William Nevill as sheriff of Leicestershire (and Warwickshire), which office he held May-November 1318.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document see no. 22 in E 175/1
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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 4747
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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/C9063101/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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