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Robert Sambourn, clerk, parson of Yeovil. Sambourn Robert King, the lord of Castile...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/70/3491
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This record is about the Robert Sambourn, clerk, parson of Yeovil. Sambourn Robert King, the lord of Castile... dating from [1376] 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 8/70/3491
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Sambourn, clerk, parson of Yeovil.
- Name(s)
- Sambourn, Robert
- Addressees
- King, the lord of Castile and the other lords of parliament
- Occupation
- clerk, parson of Yeovil
- Nature of request
- Sambourn requests remedy and that Homerston be made to come and show by what title the king claims to present to the church of Yeovil, and hear the answer of Sambourn to the title, and for the matter to be discussed and judgement given. Sambourn exchanged the church of Merriott with Rusyngdon and the church of Yeovil. Homberston has since claimed that the king presented him to the church and brought two writs of quare impedit for the same.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered in Chancery and there let justice be done.
- Places mentioned
- Yeovil, Somerset
- Merriott, [Somerset].
- People mentioned
- John de Rusyngdon, parson of Yeovil
- William de Homberston, king's clerk
- Bishop of Bath and Wells.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1376 as the king revoked Humberston's presentation on 1 July 1376 (CPR 1374-7, p.286).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a later petition concerning the rights to present to the same living following this petitioner's death see SC 8/31/1509
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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 2432
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XVI, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.286 (revocation of king's presentation of William de Humberstan to the church of Yeovil, on petition by Robert de Sambourne, claiming to be parson of that church)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107262/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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