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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Heirs of the earl of Gloucester. King. The heirs request that they can hold their...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/113/5625
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This record is about the Heirs of the earl of Gloucester. King. The heirs request that they can hold their... 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 8/113/5625
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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
- Heirs of the earl of Gloucester.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The heirs request that they can hold their franchises as freely as they are able as their ancestors held the franchises without charter but are now denied them by the king' justices because they are not expressly mentioned in an agreement made between the late earl and Edward I.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
- People mentioned
- Gilbert [de Clare], Earl of Gloucester
- Joan [of Acre], countess of Gloucester, daughter of Edward I
- Edward I, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated speculatively to 1377 on the basis of the guard note, though there is no clear evidence to confirm this dating.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.55 of PRO 31/7/110
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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 3737
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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/C9150296/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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