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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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Tin-miners (stannary men) of Devon. King and council. The tin-miners request confirmation...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/108/5355
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This record is about the Tin-miners (stannary men) of Devon. King and council. The tin-miners request confirmation... dating from [c. 1320] 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 8/108/5355
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tin-miners (stannary men) of Devon.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The tin-miners request confirmation of their rights as the sheriff of Devon and others are making unwonted chares on them especially for the king's taxes of a twelfth, an eighteenth and a sixteenth.
- Nature of endorsement
- The chancellor is to make a remedy according to the tenor of the charter.
- Places mentioned
- Devon.
- People mentioned
- Sheriff of Devon.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The only years in which the crown collected the relevant taxes were the later 1310s, so this petition is assigned to c. 1320.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same petitioners see SC 8/42/2098
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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 2867
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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/C9149925/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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