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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Champernoun (Chambernon), knight; Robert Symeon, esquire; Robert Morely (Morley),...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/100/4997
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This record is about the Richard Champernoun (Chambernon), knight; Robert Symeon, esquire; Robert Morely (Morley),... dating from [c. 1400] 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 8/100/4997
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1400]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Champernoun (Chambernon), knight; Robert Symeon, esquire; Robert Morely (Morley), esquire.
- Name(s)
- Champernoun (Chambernon); Symeon; Morely (Morley), Richard; Robert; Robert
- Addressees
- The King.
- Occupation
- knight; esquire
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek repeal and annulment in the present parliament of certain letters patent issued by the late King Richard [II] contrary to law and reason. They state that the Abbot of Westminster held certain lands and tenements in Stokenchurch from Champernoun by homage, fealty, etc., as a parcel of his manor of Aston Rowant. Various tenants hold other lands and tenements from the petitioners in the same vill by homage, fealty, rent, wardship, marriage, relief, estovers, suit of court, etc., granted to the petitioners' ancestors and held since time without memory. The prince had view of frankpledge of all the tenants in the vill and presentment of all articles with fees and profits, and a fair on the waste inside the vill at the feast of SS Peter and Paul each year of the honour of Wallingford, and the tolls and other profits, except pickage and stallage. The Abbot and certain tenants of the petitioners in the aforesaid vill, by conspiracy and evil design imagined between them, enfeoffed Richard, lately king of England, who granted the same lands and tenements of Stokenchurch to the Abbot and his successors forever by letters patent, by which the Abbot was seised of view of frankpledge, articles, fees and goods, and profits of the fair etc., to the disinheritance of the prince and petitioners, as they are without recovery through the common law.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king to the commons; this petition to his (the king's) council.
- Places mentioned
- Stokenchurch, [Oxfordshire]
- Aston Rowant, [Oxfordshire]
- Wallingford, [Berkshire].
- People mentioned
- Abbot of Westminster
- Richard II, King of England
- Edward [Plantagenet], Prince of Wales.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- No firm dating, but the mention of Richard [II], lately king, suggests early Henry IV.
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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 1842
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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/C9149565/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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