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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
Item
Master of Hornchurch. [None specified]. Master of Hornchurch The master of Hornchurch...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/117/5807B
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This record is about the Master of Hornchurch. [None specified]. Master of Hornchurch The master of Hornchurch... dating from [c. 1275-c. 1300] 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 8/117/5807B
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1275-c. 1300]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Master of Hornchurch.
- Addressees
- [None specified].
- Occupation
- Master of Hornchurch
- Nature of request
- The master of Hornchurch requests an order to the Exchequer that they cease to pursue him for 10 marks assessed upon him and his tenants for lands in the manor of Havering by the Prior of Wymondham for the king's tax, and other arrears for other taxes. He states that his house was exempt from such taxes by virtue of their charters.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Monasterio Cornuto (Honrchurch), [Essex]
- Havering-atte-Bower, [Essex]
- Wymondham, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- Prior of Wymondham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Although possibly employed as evidence for the case in the petition at SC 8/117/5807A, the handwriting of this petition is clearly earlier. A note on the guard suggests a date of Henry III's reign, but a date of c. 1275 - c. 1300 seems more likely.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9150483/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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