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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Talbot. Talbot John King and council. John Talbot states that he was given the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/76/3796
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This record is about the John Talbot. Talbot John King and council. John Talbot states that he was given the... dating from [c. 1328] 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 8/76/3796
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Talbot.
- Name(s)
- Talbot, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- John Talbot states that he was given the manor of Freeby by Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester, but that Simon de Berford, by virtue of his office of escheator, seized it into the King's hand, and then [persuaded] the King to give it to him. John Talbot asks for justice to be done in the matter of this manor.
- Nature of endorsement
- Certain people are to be appointed to inquire into the things contained in the petition, in the presence of the keeper; and when the inquisition has been returned in Chancery, the King is to be advised.
- Places mentioned
- Freeby, [Leicestershire].
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester
- Simon de Berford (Bereford), Escheator [south of the Trent].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 'c. 1328 seq.', with reference to CFR 1327-37 p.91 is dated 8 May 1328; p.246 is dated 1 April 1331; and p.289 is dated 20 November 1331. This petition would seem to date from some time after 8 May 1328, possibly from around the time of Berford's forfeiture.Simon de Berford was Escheator south of the Trent between 13 December 1327 and 23 October 1330.
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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 7939
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), pp.91 (order to the Escheator south of the Trent to take the manor of Freeby into the King's hand) & 246 (grant of Freeby to Edmund de Shireford, as forfeited by Simon de Berford) & 289 (grant of Freeby to Hugh le Despenser)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107570/
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