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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commonalty of the county of Dorset. King and council. The petitioners seek payment...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/106/5261
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This record is about the Commonalty of the county of Dorset. King and council. The petitioners seek payment... dating from [c. 1330] 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 8/106/5261
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of the county of Dorset.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek payment for goods taken from them by purveyance by the Whitfield, the late sheriff. Whitfield was ordered to make purveyance of quantities of wheat, hay and bacon, without making payment, and sold some and kept the money without making account.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this petition be sent to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer, and let them be ordered that they call before them those that ought to be called and do right.
- Places mentioned
- Somerset
- Dorset.
- People mentioned
- William de Whitfeld (Whitfield), late sheriff of Somerset and Dorset.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable, from internal references, to some time after Whitfeld left office as sheriff in 1330.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.16 of PRO 31/7/96
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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 2695
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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/C9149831/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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