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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Hereward, archdeacon of Taunton. Hereward Robert King and council. archdeacon...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/159/7944
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This record is about the Robert Hereward, archdeacon of Taunton. Hereward Robert King and council. archdeacon... dating from [1348] 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 8/159/7944
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1348]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Hereward, archdeacon of Taunton.
- Name(s)
- Hereward, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- archdeacon of Taunton
- Nature of request
- Hereward requests remedy as the prior of Goldcliff has sued a writ of scire facias against him in the name of the king that he had entered the prior's land at Preston by force and arms and carried away corn, and has subsequently hindered an inquisition into the matter and troubled both Hereward and the jury.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because it is attested before the council that the petitioner did try to come before the justices of assize but the prior withdrew, it is assented by the council in parliament that should have the record against him and further writs of nisi prius to the justices to take the inquisition according to the law.
- Places mentioned
- Preston Priors (Preston Bowyer), Somerset.
- People mentioned
- Prior of Goldcliff.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1338 based on the date ascribed to the petition by Hale (Rot. Parl., vol. II::p.195a-b (no.80)).
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.195a-b (no.80) (full edition of later copy of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210136/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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