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Sheriff of Gloucestershire. King and council. Sheriff of Gloucestershire The sheriff...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/114/5683

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This record is about the Sheriff of Gloucestershire. King and council. Sheriff of Gloucestershire The sheriff... dating from [? 1278-? 1283] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/114/5683
Date
[? 1278-? 1283]
Description
Petitioners
Sheriff of Gloucestershire.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Sheriff of Gloucestershire
Nature of request
The sheriff requests remedy as the queen's bailiffs are preventing him from holding the county court at the 'Gylhaude' where it is customarily held to his and the peoples' great damage and against the charters of the people of the town.
Nature of endorsement
They should write to the queen's minister to allow them to hold the county in the guild hall.
Places mentioned
Gloucestershire
Gloucester, [Gloucestershire].
People mentioned
[Eleanor of Castile], Queen of England.
Note
The petition is dated speculatively to? 1278-? 1283 on the basis of the guard note, though no evidence is provided to support this.
Related material

For transcript, see p.37 of PRO 31/7/92

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3834
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150356/

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