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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Walter de Meryet (Meriet), clerk. de Meryet (Meriet) Walter King and Council. clerk...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/127/6319
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This record is about the Walter de Meryet (Meriet), clerk. de Meryet (Meriet) Walter King and Council. clerk... dating from [c. 1334] 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 8/127/6319
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter de Meryet (Meriet), clerk.
- Name(s)
- de Meryet (Meriet), Walter
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- Walter de Meryet requests the intervention of the justices of King's Bench in his dispute with Camoys, stating that although his case against Camoys was adjudged in his favour and damages awarded, Camoys has alienated his lands to other people bfore the judgment was made, and is thus avoiding paying the necessary damages.
- Nature of endorsement
- This thing cannot be done unless a new law is made.
- People mentioned
- Ralph de Camoys.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition presumably dates to c.1334 as an entry in the patent rolls records the pardon of another individual caught up in the suit between Camoys and Meryet (CPR 1334-8, p.25).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from Meryet against Camoys see SC 8/169/8415
For another petition on this matter see SC 8/61/3011A
For a copy of a related writ see SC 8/61/3011B
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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 5770
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208494/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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