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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Community of the Isle of Wight. King and council. The community of the Isle of Wight...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/146/7290
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This record is about the Community of the Isle of Wight. King and council. The community of the Isle of Wight... dating from [1313-1327] 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 8/146/7290
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1313-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of the Isle of Wight.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The community of the Isle of Wight state that the collectors of scutage for the King's fourth year in Hampshire are distraining them to pay this, although they have never paid scutage at any time. They ask that they might be able to hold their lands and tenements by the customary services, as they always have.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ is to be sent to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, or to their lieutenants, concerning the contents of the petition, that, if they can establish that the petition contains the truth, then they are to have the tenants of the Isle excused of scutage, and distrain etc.
- Places mentioned
- Isle of Wight, Hampshire.
- People mentioned
- [Edward of Windsor], Earl of Chester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CChR 1300-26 p.202 is dated 2 December 1312: as the petitioners refer to the Earl of Chester as lord of the Isle, this petition must date from between then and the end of Edward II's reign.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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 Charter Rolls, vol. III, Edw I and Edw II, 1300-1326, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.202 (grant of the King's manors and lands in the Isle of Wight to Edward, Earl of Chester)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209473/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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