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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard de Westcote. de Westcote Richard King. Westcote requests that the sheriff...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/151/7529
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This record is about the Richard de Westcote. de Westcote Richard King. Westcote requests that the sheriff... dating from [1322] 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 8/151/7529
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard de Westcote.
- Name(s)
- de Westcote, Richard
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Westcote requests that the sheriff of Hampshire be ordered to release him by sufficient mainprise to answer to all people when and where the king wishes, as he has been attached and imprisoned by the sheriff on the king's order without any reason being assigned.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- He should have a writ to be released by mainprise in the form of his petition.2) Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Hampshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1322 as the sheriff was ordered to release West cote on 12 May 1322 (CCR 1318-23, p.448).
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.448 (order to release the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209715/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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