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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Tenants of the ancient demesne of the manor of Merton. King and council. The tenants...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/61/3007
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This record is about the Tenants of the ancient demesne of the manor of Merton. King and council. The tenants... dating from [? 1348] 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 8/61/3007
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1348]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tenants of the ancient demesne of the manor of Merton.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The tenants request that they are able to recover the wrongs and grievances and make the prior to come before the king and show how he had ousted his tenants from their inheritance, and ordain right and remedy in their tenancy and grant a protection to the tenants during their suit so that no one will harm them or their chattels, and order his letters to the justices of the Common Bench at the hour that the tenants make their case before them be favourable to them. King Harold gave the manor to the prior of Merton and the tenants of the manor hold their lands and tenements by certain customs and services according to the usages of the manor until the prior and Kent came by force and arms to the tenants' houses broke in and took their charters and muniments and carried away their goods and chattels, which is contrary to Domesday Book. The prior has burnt and destroyed the tenements in the vill wrongfully and against the peace.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should pursue this at the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Merton, Surrey.
- People mentioned
- Prior of Merton
- William de Kent, Canon of Merton
- Harold II, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to?1348 by reference to piece 19425 in C 81/330.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document in which this petition was probably enclosed see no. 19425 in C 81/330
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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 5616
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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/C9106768/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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