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Denis le Merchaunt; . . . Merchaunt Denis King and council. Merchaunt and . . . request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/155/7746
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This record is about the Denis le Merchaunt; . . . Merchaunt Denis King and council. Merchaunt and . . . request... dating from [1324] 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 8/155/7746
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Denis le Merchaunt; . . .
- Name(s)
- Merchaunt, Denis
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Merchaunt and . . . request that the charter of pardon granted to St Remy of his abjuration be renewed and amended and the word trespass replaced with felony so that the heirs are able to have their lands out of the king's hand and that they should not be disinherited, the lands being taken into the king's hand because of these words, and because they do not have the originals which were burnt.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to inform the king by the record, process and charter of pardon, and they should sue for the king's grace. And afterwards the rolls should be viewed as the petitioners called the record of the rolls of 22 Edw. I for the pardon, and rolls should be considered before etc. and the petition heard.2) After the viewing of the rolls, it seems to the auditors that because it was found by the rolls that the pardon of the abjuration was made by the late king for the trespasses to William, and his lands that were forfeited and the issues from them were rendered to him, but in the pardon mention was made only of trespass and not of felony, and that the king ought to grant of his grace of to amend the default and oust his hand from the lands and tenements.3) It also seems to the council, if it pleases the king. And afterwards the king granted that the default be corrected.4) Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Guernsey, [Channel Islands].
- People mentioned
- William de Seint Remie (St Remy)
- Matthew de Samareys
- John de Ditton
- Henry de Coltham, then keeper of the Isles.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition seems to date to 1324 when the lands were restored and the pardon given force by an entry in the patent rolls on 28 June 1324 (CPR 1321-4, p.439).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related copy of a commission see SC 8/9/420
For a related petition see SC 8/9/419
For a related document see SC 8/62/3090
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.439 (restoration of the lands and amendment of the pardon)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209938/
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