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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the county of Devon. King and council. [The petition is badly damaged and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/158/7887
What’s it about?
This record is about the People of the county of Devon. King and council. [The petition is badly damaged and... dating from [? 1320-? 1345] 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 8/158/7887
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1320-? 1345]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the county of Devon.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged and in large parts barely legible, and the full sense is difficult to recover].The people request remedy concerning the rights to mine tin where it is found and the levying of amercements.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Lengthy response which is barely legible directed to the keeper of the stannaries].
- Places mentioned
- Devon.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to? 1320-? 1335 on the basis of the hand.
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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/C9210079/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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