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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Meriet. de Meriet John King and Council. [A large part of this petition is...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/127/6308
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/127/6308
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Meriet.
- Name(s)
- de Meriet, John
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- [A large part of this petition is missing.]John de Meriet requests his release from prison and the restoration of his goods, seized into the king's hands following false accusations that he was of the company of Thomas of Lancaster.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because the sheriff [of Somerset and Dorset] came before the council and informed them of the reason for his imprisonment, and showed no sufficient reason for taking the goods and chattels, he shall have a writ of deliverance.
- People mentioned
- [Thomas of Lancaster, Earl of] Lancaster
- sheriff [of Somerset and Dorset].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The resultant order to release Meriet was issued on 18 May 1322. Much of this petition is missing, but the sense can be reconstructed from the text of the ensuing writ.
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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 5745
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.448 (resultant order to the sheriff to release Meriet and restore his property)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208483/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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