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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Tenants of Wensley and Snitterton. King and council. The tenants request that an...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/78/3871
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This record is about the Tenants of Wensley and Snitterton. King and council. The tenants request that an... dating from [c. 1332] 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 8/78/3871
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tenants of Wensley and Snitterton.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The tenants request that an enquiry is made as to whether Roger de Wensley had chattels on the day that he committed the felony, being indicted of the death of Coterel, or whether they had been given to others. If it is found that they had been given to others they request that they are not wrongfully charged for them.
- Nature of endorsement
- The tenor of the record and process of the eyre are to be brought into Chancery, and the chancellor is to call William de Herle and the other justices to view it and do justice and reason.
- Places mentioned
- Wensley, [Derbyshire]
- Snitterton, [Derbyshire]
- Derbyshire.
- People mentioned
- Roger de Wednesleye (Wensley)
- Laurence Coterel.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated and discussed by J.R. Maddicott, 'Parliament and the Constituencies', in R.G. Davies and J.H. Denton, eds., The English Parliament in the Middle Ages (1981), p. 69.
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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 8453
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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/C9107647/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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