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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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Commons of Devon in parliament. King. The petitioners state that in the time of Henry...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/107/5319
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This record is about the Commons of Devon in parliament. King. The petitioners state that in the time of Henry... dating from [1385] 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 8/107/5319
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of Devon in parliament.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that in the time of Henry III the sheriffs of the county used to account with the king for all the issues and profits of the county, but since the time of Matthew Fitz John to whom Edward I granted the shievalty for life for a farm of 100 marks per annum, sheriffs have been charged this same sum which cannot be found from the issues of the county to the ruin of many sheriffs. The commons request that they be discharged of the and that the sheriffs of Devon be allowed to render account for all the issues and profits directly to the crown as they used to do.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Devon.
- People mentioned
- Matthew fitz John, sheriff of Devon
- Henry [III], King of England
- Edward [I], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by reference to Rot. Parl. vol. III, p. 211a.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a fragment of a copy of this petition see SC 8/100/5000
For transcript, see no.15 of PRO 31/7/107
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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 2784
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.211a (edition of petition including an endorsement)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149889/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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