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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Liege people of the county of Devon. King and council. 1) The petitioners request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/107/5324
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This record is about the Liege people of the county of Devon. King and council. 1) The petitioners request... 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 8/107/5324
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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
- Liege people of the county of Devon.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- 1) The petitioners request consideration of the rights of the stannaries as provided in the parliament of Edward III in 1377;2) The petitioners request consideration of the duties of defence ascribed to those living near the sea coasts.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Devon.
- People mentioned
- Hugh Courtenay, Earl of Devon
- Robert Belknap.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to after the deaths of Edward III and Hugh Courtenay, earl of Devon, both in 1377, and probably submitted in the first parliament of Richard II.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.46 of PRO 31/7/110
For the petition of 1377 to which this petition refers see SC 8/14/656
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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 2791
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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/C9149894/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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