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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Mordon, son of John de Mordon. de Mordon John [Missing] Mordon requests remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/62/3085
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This record is about the John de Mordon, son of John de Mordon. de Mordon John [Missing] Mordon requests remedy... dating from [c. 1312] 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 8/62/3085
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1312]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Mordon, son of John de Mordon.
- Name(s)
- de Mordon, John
- Addressees
- [Missing]
- Nature of request
- Mordon requests remedy concerning 20 acres of land that he holds in Hendon. Rous granted the manor of Hendon to the abbot and convent and they have seized the 20 acres into their hand though they do not pertain to the manor. He is distrained for all manner of services and cannot have his right as the abbot and convent are lords of the vill of Hendon in which the manor is and have full return of writs.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should sue at the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Hendon, (Middlesex)
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- John de Mordon, father of the petitioner
- Richard le Rous
- Abbot and convent of Westminster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition probably dates to c. 1312. The inquisition ad quod dampnum for the transfer of the manor of Hendon from Rous to the abbot and convent can be dated to this year (C 143/89/8).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the inquisition ad quod dampnum see C 143/89/8
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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 5868
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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/C9106848/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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