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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Meriet (Merriott). de Meriet (Merriott) John King. Merriott, Somerset Lopen,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/126/6276
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This record is about the John de Meriet (Merriott). de Meriet (Merriott) John King. Merriott, Somerset Lopen,... dating from [1280-1281] 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 8/126/6276
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1280-1281]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Meriet (Merriott).
- Name(s)
- de Meriet (Merriott), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Places mentioned
- Merriott, Somerset
- Lopen, Somerset
- Wilton, [Wiltshire].
- Nature of request
- John de Meriet makes two requests. 1) He requests the return of fairs which he and his ancestors held at Lopen and Merriott, which have now been taken into the hands of the King. 2) He requests the restoration of various rights and franchises in Lopen and Merriott, held by him and his ancestors since the Conquest, but which have been taken into the King's hands since he has no proof of these rights.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] 1) Have a writ of replevin, and come to Wilton before the justices and receive justice. 2) Have a writ of replevin and come as above.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A chancery warrant was issued, seemingly on behalf of Meriet's son, on 18 October 1303, authorising the examination of the processes behind the seizure of these fairs into the King's hands by the justices in eyre in 1280 (CCW 1244-1326, p.193). This is evidently the seizure referred to in the petition, part of Edward I's quo warranto enquiries into claims to liberties and privileges. The parliament of 1278 ordered that such claims should be held before the justices in eyre, and the eyre visited Somerset in 1280. It was in Wiltshire in 1281, sitting at Wilton for part of its visit, and this suggests that the order to attend the justices at Wilton refers to that time.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.76 of PRO 31/7/92
For a related petition see SC 8/167/8312
For a petition from this petitioner's grandson relating to these fairs see SC 8/10/499
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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 5678
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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)
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- Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.193 (mandate to order the examination of the records of the process by which these fairs were taken into the King's hands)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. VII, 1-9 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1909), no.179 (inquisition post mortem of the petitioner's grandson, detailing history of these fairs)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208450/
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