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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Archbishop of Canterbury. King and council. Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/154/7681
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This record is about the Archbishop of Canterbury. King and council. Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop... dating from [c. 1275-c. 1290] 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 8/154/7681
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1275-c. 1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Archbishop of Canterbury
- Nature of request
- The archbishop requests remedy as le Pestur was cleared of killing a man in Romney by purgation, according to the custom of the Cinque Ports, but he has been attached by the king's writ by the constable of Dover.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because the king has justice of life and limb within the ports and justice is done in his court of Shipway and not elsewhere in the ports as it is given to the king to understand, and that concerning the deaths of the two boys killed at Romney let justice be done at Shipway and the bailiff of the archbishop has the person of Romney appealed of the death to stand to right, saving the liberties of the archbishop that he hitherto has; and that the bailiff of the archbishop should be attached to answer the king of the trespass done by him at Romney as it is said.
- Places mentioned
- Cinque Ports
- Romney, [Kent]
- Hythe, [Kent]
- Shipway Cross, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- John le Pestur
- Constable of Dover.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1275-c. 1290 on the basis of the hand.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.79 of PRO 31/7/92
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209870/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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