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Gilbert Fitz Stephen. Fitz Stephen Gilbert [Not specified] Gilbert Fitz Stephen states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/115/5744
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/115/5744
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1282]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Gilbert Fitz Stephen.
- Name(s)
- Fitz Stephen, Gilbert
- Addressees
- [Not specified]
- Nature of request
- Gilbert Fitz Stephen states that Solomon de Rochester, in the last eyre in Devon, agreed an annual rent of 100s with his father Richard Fitz Stephen, payable to one of his clerks, John de Hanlo. He is now demanding the arrears of this pension in the name of his clerk. Since the taking of such pensions by justices and their clerks is forbidden by statute, Gilbert requests a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Devon.
- People mentioned
- John de [Hanlo (Hanlou)], clerk of Solomon de Rochester
- Richard de Hanlo (Hanlou), father of John de Hanlo
- Solomon de Roucester (Rochester), justice
- Richard Fitz Stephen, father of Gilbert Fitz Stephen.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1281-92 pp.9 and 20 are dated at Cirencester, 27 January 1282 and Worcester, 19 May 1282 respectively. If this is the relevant eyre, the petition was certainly delivered some time later, as Richard Fitz Stephen, who was coerced into giving the pension, has now died.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a copy of this petition see SC 8/45/2246
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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 4107
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), pp.9, 20 (references to Solomon de Rochester as justice in eyre in Devon)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150418/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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