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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Walter Devereux; John (Clefford) Clifford; Robert de Whyteney (Whitney), sheriff...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/107/5303
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This record is about the Walter Devereux; John (Clefford) Clifford; Robert de Whyteney (Whitney), sheriff... dating from [1378] 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 8/107/5303
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter Devereux; John (Clefford) Clifford; Robert de Whyteney (Whitney), sheriff of Herefordshire.
- Name(s)
- Devereux; (Clefford) Clifford; de Whyteney (Whitney), Walter; John; Robert
- Addressees
- King and council in parliament.
- Places mentioned
- Wales
- Herefordshire
- Hereford, [Herefordshire].
- Nature of request
- The petitioners complain of incursions of the Welsh and resulting damages to person and property in Herefordshire. The Welsh came and attacked people and killed many in their houses up to Hereford, and none dare complain for fear of being killed in their houses. They request that a remedy is ordained.
- Nature of endorsement
- Answered among the common petitions.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable by reference to Whyteney as sheriff of Herefordshire (November 1377-November 1378): see Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, pp. 166-7. Devereux was knight of the shire for Herefordshire in the parliament of October 1378.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.114 of PRO 31/7/106
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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 2763
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.166-7 (summary of petition and references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149873/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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