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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Roger Corbyson. Corbyson Roger King and Council. The petitioner seeks the king's...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/104/5158
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This record is about the Roger Corbyson. Corbyson Roger King and Council. The petitioner seeks the king's... dating from [c. 1325-c. 1350] 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 8/104/5158
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Roger Corbyson.
- Name(s)
- Corbyson, Roger
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks the king's aide in his dispute with Sir John [...] of Chilstone over the alleged theft of various goods and six charters, and his subsequent false dealings as he pursued the petitioner through writs and legal processes etc.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- And it is known ... that his plea thirty years and more ... that the aforesaid knight bought the said writs ...2) Sue to the common law.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Studley, [Warwickshire]
- Shrewsbury, [Shropshire]
- Chilstone, [Herefordshire]
- Wednesfield, [Staffordshire].
- People mentioned
- Peter Corbyson
- John [...] of Chilstone, knight
- John Ferstallay
- William O[O...]
- Henry Corbyson
- Richard Gerneyse
- William de Saleford
- John Rorey of Wednesfield.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- There is no firm historical context for the petition, but the hand and the use of French in the endorsement suggest that it may date from the second quarter of the fourteenth century.
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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 2206
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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/C9149728/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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