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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Walter Comyng (Comyn), forester and tenant of the forest of Dartmoor; Ralph Honte...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/107/5311
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This record is about the Walter Comyng (Comyn), forester and tenant of the forest of Dartmoor; Ralph Honte... dating from [c. 1377] 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 8/107/5311
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter Comyng (Comyn), forester and tenant of the forest of Dartmoor; Ralph Honte (Hunt), forester and tenant of the forest of Dartmoor; Roger Cadetres, forester and tenant of the forest of Dartmoor; William Hexta, forester and tenant of the forest of Dartmoor; John Bromyng, forester and tenant of the forest of Dartmoor; Jules Robert, forester and tenant of the forest of Dartmoor; Jules Hexta, forester and tenant of the forest of Dartmoor; John Wyndhert, forester and tenant of the forest of Dartmoor.
- Name(s)
- Comyng (Comyn); Honte (Hunt); Cadetres; Hexta; Bromyng; Robert; Hexta; Wyndhert, Walter; Ralph; Roger; William; John; Jules; Jules; John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- forester and tenant of the forest of Dartmoor
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request relief and pardon of onerous charges set on them for various trespasses heard before the justices of oyer et terminer appointed in Devon in the fiftieth year of the king's grandfather.
- Nature of endorsement
- It pleases the king that this should be done at the discretion of the council to call before the relevant justices.
- Places mentioned
- Devon.
- People mentioned
- Hugh Courtenay, earl of Devon
- Robert Belknap.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable from internal evidence to early in the reign of Richard II.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.45 of PRO 31/7/110
For a related petition see SC 8/333/E1035
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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 2775
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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/C9149881/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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