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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Copy of a writ of Edward II to the sheriff of Sussex to arrest...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/81/4041
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Copy of a writ of Edward II to the sheriff of Sussex to arrest... dating from 1320 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/81/4041
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1320
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Copy of a writ of Edward II to the sheriff of Sussex to arrest £100 worth of the goods of the abbot and men and merchants of his power, and keeping them until Aleyn receives satisfaction from the abbot.
- Nature of endorsement
- The arrest made by Husee on the goods and chattels of the abbot in his bailiwick by virtue of a writ [full details are given of the goods and their value].
- Places mentioned
- Edward II, King of England
- Henry Husee, Sheriff of Sussex
- Stephen Aleyn (Alan), citizen and merchant of London
- Abbot of Fescamps
- Mayor and citizens of London.
- People mentioned
- London
- Normandy, [France]
- Fecamps, [Normandy, France]
- Odiham, [Hampshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The writ is dated in its dating clause to 27 August 1320 [14 Edw. II].
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a letter by the abbot see SC 8/81/4040
For a petition by Aleyn see SC 8/81/4038
For a related petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/88/4372
A letter concerning Stephen Aleyn is SC 8/195/9736
For another petition by Aleyn see piece 16183 in C 81/297
For the counter petition by the abbot see SC 8/81/4039
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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 4921
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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)
- Latin
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.259 (order to the sheriff of Sussex to take £100 worth of goods of the abbot into the king's hand)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148581/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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