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George Meryot (Meriet). Meryot (Meriet) George King and Parliament. George Meryot...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/128/6369
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This record is about the George Meryot (Meriet). Meryot (Meriet) George King and Parliament. George Meryot... dating from [? 1399] 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 8/128/6369
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- George Meryot (Meriet).
- Name(s)
- Meryot (Meriet), George
- Addressees
- King and Parliament.
- Nature of request
- George Meryot requests the restoration of the manor of Marston Magna, from which he has been ousted by Mathew Gurnay, and the return of his writs and muniments, stolen by Gurnay when he seized the manor. He states that he had recovered seisin in the Common Bench on 3 November 1395 from Maud, wife of John Meryot, and held it for a considerable time until he was ousted in the previous August during the King's campaign.
- Nature of endorsement
- Sue at the common law.
- Places mentioned
- Brodemerston (Marston Magna), Somerset.
- People mentioned
- Richard II, King of England
- John de Meryot (Meriet), knight
- [Maud de Meriet], wife of John de Meryot (Meriet)
- Mathew Gurnay, knight.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier petition relating to disputes between Meryot and Gurnay see SC 8/220/10995
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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 5918
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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 Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.423 (revocation of writs appointing justices to take an assize of novel disseisin brought by Gurnay against Meryot over tenements in Compton Dunden and Marston Magna)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208546/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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