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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Baldwin de Mohun, executor of John de Mohun. de Mohun Baldwin King and Council. Baldwin...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/127/6310
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This record is about the Baldwin de Mohun, executor of John de Mohun. de Mohun Baldwin King and Council. Baldwin... dating from [c. 1330] 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 8/127/6310
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Baldwin de Mohun, executor of John de Mohun.
- Name(s)
- de Mohun, Baldwin
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- Baldwin de Mohun requests that he be allowed administration of the goods of John de Mohun at Whichford in order to perform the terms of John's will. He states that these are the only goods to which he had access, but they have now been taken into the king's hands by the sheriff of Warwickshire to pay certain debts of the king, even though John had many manors in Somerset from which the king can recover his debts.
- Nature of endorsement
- Order the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer that if the deceased had other goods by which the debts to the king can be paid, then they should allow him to have administration of these goods in order to execute the will.
- Places mentioned
- Whichford, Warwickshire
- Somerset.
- People mentioned
- John de Mohun
- sheriff of Warwickshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Writs taking the goods of John de Mohun into the king's hands and authorizing inquisitions post mortem were issued on 31 August 1330. Presumably the petition was made soon afterwards.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.38 of PRO 31/7/96
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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 5750
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.188 (order to the escheator to take the goods of John de Mohun into the king's hands)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. VII, 1-9 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1909), no.297 (inquisition post mortem of John de Mohun)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208485/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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