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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Tenants of the manor of Northam. King and council The tenants request that since...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/64/3171
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This record is about the Tenants of the manor of Northam. King and council The tenants request that since... dating from [c. 1330-c. 1340] 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 8/64/3171
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330-c. 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tenants of the manor of Northam.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The tenants request that since the Bench is closed and they are not able to have their right that remedy be done to them and that their goods be delivered to them concerning the abbot's demands for customs that ought not to have been made from them as they hold of ancient demesne, and the abbot did not name the tenants in his writ of attachment in the Common Bench. They also request delivery of their goods as they have taken a writ of attachment against the abbot which is pending in the Bench. It was found by inquisition that they were free and not tallagable at the will of the abbot but he has amerced them and taken their goods, chattels and beasts.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the lord that upon the things of which judgement passed in favour of them in the court of the king he is not to molest them against the judgement, and that if by this reason he has taken into his hand their lands and tenements, goods or chattels, he should make delivery so that the king does not have need to interfere in this again.2) Coram magno consilio.
- Places mentioned
- Northam, Devon
- Came (Caen), [Normandy, France].
- People mentioned
- Abbot of Caen.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition has been dated on the guard to 1330-40 on the basis that the name 'Baumburgh' appears at the bottom of the petition. Thomas de Baumburgh was a clerk of chancery during these years.
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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 6020
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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/C9106934/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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