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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Prestbury. Prestbury Robert King's Chancellor. Robert Prestbury states that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/66/3287
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This record is about the Robert Prestbury. Prestbury Robert King's Chancellor. Robert Prestbury states that... dating from [1335] 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 8/66/3287
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Prestbury.
- Name(s)
- Prestbury, Robert
- Addressees
- King's Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Robert Prestbury states that he sued an assize of novel disseisin against Edmund de Ayet concenring tenements in Plympton Erle, and that while the assize was pending, Edmund alienated those tenements to Robert de Tanton, who died seized of them. They are now in the King's hand for debts which Robert de Tanton owed the King. Robert Prestbury requests a writ to John Inge and his companions, justices of assize, to proceed, notwithstanding the fact that the tenements are in the King's hand for the aforesaid reason.
- Nature of endorsement
- The justices are to be ordered to proceed to hold the assize, provided that they do not proceed to judgment without consulting the king.
- Places mentioned
- Plympton Erle, [Devon]
- Devon.
- People mentioned
- Edmund de Ayet
- Robert de Tanton
- John Inge, justice of assize in Devon.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1333-7 p.506 is dated 10 June 1335, and is clearly in response to this petition.
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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 6633
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1333-1337, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.506 (order to the justices to proceed)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107058/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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