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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Breton, Sheriff of Lincolnshire. Breton Robert King. Sheriff of Lincolnshire...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/91/4525
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This record is about the Robert Breton, Sheriff of Lincolnshire. Breton Robert King. Sheriff of Lincolnshire... dating from [1322] 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 8/91/4525
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Breton, Sheriff of Lincolnshire.
- Name(s)
- Breton, Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Sheriff of Lincolnshire
- Nature of request
- Breton requests that the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer be ordered to make allowance for the great costs that he has incurred for the time that he was sheriff when he was ordered by the king for garrisoning Caythorpe and for maintaining a body of men during the troubles with the earl of Lancaster who threatened him by letter, as they will not allow anything without an order from the king.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the king that he ought to be able to have or assign men in his bailiwick by virtue of his office to ride with him and to do other things that pertain to his office without demanding wages from the king.2) Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Caythorpe, [Lincolnshire]
- Gloucester, [Gloucestershire].
- People mentioned
- [Thomas of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition clearly dates to 1322 as it refers to the revolt of Thomas of Lancaster, and the petitioner was sheriff from January to May 1322 (List of Sheriffs, p.78).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.23 of PRO 31/7/97
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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 498
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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/C9149071/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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