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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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John de Ereswell (Eriswell). de Ereswell (Eriswell) John King and council. Ereswell...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/159/7925
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This record is about the John de Ereswell (Eriswell). de Ereswell (Eriswell) John King and council. Ereswell... dating from [c. 1318] 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 8/159/7925
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Ereswell (Eriswell).
- Name(s)
- de Ereswell (Eriswell), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Ereswell requests that the record and process of his suit against the prior of Ely be brought into parliament as the suit has been delayed in the prior's favour on several occasions. Ereswell complains that the prior came to his house in Eriswell and took him into Cambridgeshire and imprisoned him wrongfully.
- Nature of endorsement
- [The response is largely illegible].He should have a writ of the great seal . . . be brought into the present parliament . . . proceed further according to the form of the ordinance.
- Places mentioned
- Eriswell, Suffolk
- Ely, [Cambridgeshire]
- Cambridgeshire.
- People mentioned
- Prior of Ely
- Roger Brabazoun (Brabazon).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1318 as a Latin summary of another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter is enrolled on the roll of the October parliament of 12 Edward II (1318) (Docs. Illus. English History p.37).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another earlier petition by the same petitioner on a related matter see SC 8/45/2228
For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter see SC 8/45/2206
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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/C9210117/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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