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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Martyn of Yeovilton. Martyn Robert King and council. Martyn requests remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/60/2974
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This record is about the Robert Martyn of Yeovilton. Martyn Robert King and council. Martyn requests remedy... dating from [1336] 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 8/60/2974
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1336]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Martyn of Yeovilton.
- Name(s)
- Martyn, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Martyn requests remedy for he gave custody of his lands whilst he was in the war of the king in Scotland to his steward who falsely eloped with his wife to Rockbourne, and with force and arms with a great number of men took and carried away his chattels. Croucheston and Martyn's wife have jointly brought a writ of novel disseisin against Martyn intending to prove that she was not his wife without making a divorce between Martyn and his wife.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Ievelton (Yeovilton), [Somerset]
- Rockbourne, Hampshire.
- People mentioned
- John de Croucheston, Steward of the petitioner
- Edward de Mohermer
- Margaret [Martyn], wife of the petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1336 for a commission of oyer and terminer was issued to examine the complaint made by Martyn (CPR 1334-8, pp.280-1).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner on a related matter see SC 8/60/2979A
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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 5556
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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, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.280-1 (commission of oyer and terminer into the complaint)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063194/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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