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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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Richard de Cokefeld (Cockfield). de Cokefeld (Cockfield) Richard King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/97/4843
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This record is about the Richard de Cokefeld (Cockfield). de Cokefeld (Cockfield) Richard King and council.... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/97/4843
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard de Cokefeld (Cockfield).
- Name(s)
- de Cokefeld (Cockfield), Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Richard de Cokefeld, one of the tenants of the lands that belonged to Simon de Cokefeld, formerly executor of the testament of William Passelewe, and of the lands that belonged to Simon de Cokefeld, knight, asks that a sum he is owed by the King's father, from the time when Roger de Northburgh, Bishop of Chester, was Keeper of the Wardrobe, might be allowed against the money that is demanded of him by summons of the Exchequer for various sums owed by the two Simons.
- Nature of endorsement
- Petition for allowance for debts of the present King's father.The council is not advised to grant his petition at present.
- People mentioned
- Simon de Cokefeld (Cockfield)
- William Passelewe
- Simon de Cokefeld (Cockfield), knight
- [Edward II], King of England
- Roger de Northburgh, Bishop of Chester (Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the reference to debts owed by the King's father, this would seem to come from the early years of Edward III. Roger de Northburgh was Keeper of the Wardrobe between 1 February 1316 and 1 May 1322.
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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 1411
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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/C9149410/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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