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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Scot the elder of Chesham. Scot John King and council. Scot requests remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/71/3536
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This record is about the John Scot the elder of Chesham. Scot John King and council. Scot requests remedy... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/71/3536
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Scot the elder of Chesham.
- Name(s)
- Scot, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Scot requests remedy as Wedone and other sued a writ against him for 8 acres of wood in Chesham, and by false return of writs and attestation of summons he defaulted and was amerced, and the land and profits were taken by them and his livestock seized. Scot went to Wedone's manor at Amersham for the delivery of his livestock but was imprisoned until he made release, and he has been unable to take action until now by the maintenance of Despenser and Baldok.
- Nature of endorsement
- At the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Chesham, [Buckinghamshire]
- Amersham, [Buckinghamshire]
- Three hundreds of Chiltern, [Buckinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- Ralph de Wedone, knight
- Roger Hykebyd
- Roger Mantel
- Walter Wace
- Geoffrey de la Northdene
- Hugh [le Despenser]
- Robert Baudak (Baldok), Chancellor.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition must date to c. 1327 when Despenser and Baldok were removed, as the petition makes it clear that the petitioner could not seek redress because of their maintenance.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition involving many of these individuals see SC 8/84/4152
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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 7285
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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/C9107310/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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