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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Martyn (Martin). Martyn (Martin) William King and council. Martyn requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/60/2977
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This record is about the William Martyn (Martin). Martyn (Martin) William King and council. Martyn requests... dating from [c. 1282-c. 1300] 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 8/60/2977
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1282-c. 1300]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Martyn (Martin).
- Name(s)
- Martyn (Martin), William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Martyn requests that he might be able to have again his liberty of Blagdon and West Lydford according to the charters of the king's progenitors. The liberties were granted to his great-great-grandfather from Henry II, but, during the last eyre, Peveril held the manors with the liberties for the term of his life from Nicholas Fitz Martyn, and they were taken into the hands of the king by the non-claim of Peveril.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Blagdon, [Somerset]
- Lhudeford (West Lydford), [Somerset].
- People mentioned
- Robert Fitz Martyn, great-great-grandfather of the petitioner
- Henry II, King of England
- Robert Fitz Martyn
- John Peveril
- Nicholas Fitz Martyn.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- William Martin succeeded his father in 1282 and died in 1324. Journal article dates petition to late thirteenth century.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/126/6277
For the copy of charters formerly attached to this petition see SC 8/60/2978
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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 5637
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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)
- Burci, Falaise and Martin', H.C. Maxwell Lyte, (Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeologic, 1919), pp.22-3 (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063197/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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