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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Nanscuel, clerk, Nicholas Trevelwyth and others. Nanscuel; Trevelwyth John;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/129/6423
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This record is about the John Nanscuel, clerk, Nicholas Trevelwyth and others. Nanscuel; Trevelwyth John;... dating from [c. 1378] 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 8/129/6423
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Nanscuel, clerk, Nicholas Trevelwyth and others.
- Name(s)
- Nanscuel; Trevelwyth, John; Nicholas
- Addressees
- King and Lords in Parliament.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- Nanscuel, Trevelwyth and others request that the king examine the contents of two commissions of the peace issued in the first year of his reign. They state that they were tried for felony before Pomeray and his fellows, justices of the peace under a commission of 4 March 1 [Richard II], but that another commission was issued to Tresilian and others on 16 March, which they claim automatically cancelled the first commission.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Cornwall.
- People mentioned
- Robert Tresilian, justice
- John de la Pomeray.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The two peace commissions were clearly issued on 4 and 16 March 1378 (CPR 1377-81, p.48), and presumably the petition was presented to a subsequent parliament.
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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 6053
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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. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.48 (commission of the peace to Pomeray and others, and another to Tresilian and others)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208602/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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