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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the three hundreds of Chiltern in Buckinghamshire. King and council. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/84/4152
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This record is about the People of the three hundreds of Chiltern in Buckinghamshire. King and council. The... dating from [1323-1326] 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 8/84/4152
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1323-1326]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the three hundreds of Chiltern in Buckinghamshire.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request that a commission of oyer and terminer be assigned to destroy the false alliance of Weedon who was indicted before Cammoys in another oyer and terminer of many felonies but no execution was made and many felonies were concealed by the maintenance of the Despensers and Baldok, and by the brokage of Towcester and Laghman.
- Nature of endorsement
- Each of them who feels himself aggrieved should aid himself by the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Three hundreds of Chiltern, Buckinghamshire.
- People mentioned
- Ralph de Wedone (Weedon), knight
- Ralph de [Cammoys] Juustice
- Hugh Despenser, the father
- Hugh Despenser, the son
- Robert Baudok (Baldock), Chancellor
- John Toucestre (Towcester)
- Simon Laghman.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is particularly strange as it seems to be made within the reign of Edward II as the Despensers appear to still be alive, and Baldock is chancellor, and yet a petition that complains so openly of the excesses of these figures before their fall is unusual and more usually located in the first years of Edward III's reign. The petition can date to 1323-1326 when Baldock was chancellor, but is likely to be in the latter part of this range.
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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 8/71/3536
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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 1686
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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/C9148694/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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