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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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 vill of Raughton. King and council. The tenants of the vill of Raughton...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/69/3448
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This record is about the Tenants of the vill of Raughton. King and council. The tenants of the vill of Raughton... dating from [c. 1325-c. 1350] 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 8/69/3448
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tenants of the vill of Raughton.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The tenants of the vill of Raughton state that they hold of the King and his ancestors by the service of guarding the nests and young of the King's goshawks in the Forest of Inglewood, paying 9s annually to the Carlisle Exchequer if there are no nests to guard. They paid this sum for a time, but now the nests have come back and they are still being charged the 9s. They request a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ is to be sent to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to inquire by what services the vill of Raughton mentioned in the petition is held; and if they find that it is held by the service of guarding the young and nests of the King's goshawks in the Forest of Inglewood, in the form contained in the petition, and not in any other, and that the said nests are there now, then the tenants named in the petition are to be discharged from the 9s. mentioned in the petition.
- Places mentioned
- Raughton, [Cumberland]
- Inglewood forest, [Cumberland]
- Carlisle, [Cumberland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated impressionistically to the second quarter of the fourteenth century on the basis of the hand.
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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 6898
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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/C9107219/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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