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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons of the vill of Bletchingley. King and council. The commons request remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/91/4518
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This record is about the Commons of the vill of Bletchingley. King and council. The commons request remedy... dating from [? c. 1330] 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 8/91/4518
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of the vill of Bletchingley.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The commons request remedy as Maldone and Kelmeresford were assigned to collect certain sums of money to the use of the king to arm people in the king's service, but they have embezzled some of the money they have collected.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let a writ be made to summon Maldone and Kelmeresford before the king at a certain day to answer to the king and to the people of the vill concerning the things contained in the petition.
- Places mentioned
- Bletchingley, [Surrey].
- People mentioned
- Robert de Maldone of Bletchingley
- Nicholas de Kelmeresford of Bletchingley.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated speculatively to c. 1330 as no surviving evidence exists for the petition. The date is merely the date suggested on the guard probably on the basis of some of the preceding petitions, and is clearly open to question.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.5 of PRO 31/7/96
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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 490
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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/C9149064/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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