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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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John de Rutherwyk, Abbot of Chertsey. de Rutherwyk John King and Council. Abbot of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/103/5123
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/103/5123
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Rutherwyk, Abbot of Chertsey.
- Name(s)
- de Rutherwyk, John
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Occupation
- Abbot of Chertsey
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks the right to appoint a coroner in his hundred of Godley, delivered by writ of the king in due manner. He states that from the king's grant he has return of writs and gaol in Godley in Surrey, but he does not have the coroner's right to hear the confessions of thieves in his gaol.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council that the king's coroners have the power to provide the office in due manner.Coram Rege.
- Places mentioned
- Chertsey, [Surrey]
- Godley hundred, [Surrey].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A note on the guard dates this petition to 1325 by an unspecified reference to the Chertsey Cartulary.
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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 2113
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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/C9149693/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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