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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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Thomas Cock. Cock Thomas King and council. Thomas Cock states that Robert de Hongerford,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/98/4867
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This record is about the Thomas Cock. Cock Thomas King and council. Thomas Cock states that Robert de Hongerford,... dating from [1310-1327] 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 8/98/4867
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1310-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Cock.
- Name(s)
- Cock, Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Thomas Cock states that Robert de Hongerford, appointed to inquire into, and to seize into the King's hand the lands and tenements, goods and chattels of Gilbert de Elsefeld and other rebels in Berkshire, in the King's fourth year, seized the free tenements he had of the lease and gift of John de Elsefeld and of Gilbert de Elsefeld. He asks that he might be restored to them, as neither Gilbert de Elsefeld nor any other rebel had any estate in them after the King's fourth year.
- Nature of endorsement
- Certain faithful people are to be appointed to inquire into the truth of the contents of the petition; and when the inquisition has been returned and Thomas's deed has been examined, justice is to be done to him.
- Places mentioned
- Drayton, Berkshire
- East Ilsley, Berkshire
- Hodcott, Berkshire.
- People mentioned
- Robert de Hongerford (Hungerford)
- Gilbert de Elsefeld
- John de Elsefeld.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition mentions 4 Edward II (8 July 1310-7 July 1311), and must date from between then and the end of the reign.
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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 1492
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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/C9149434/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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