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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Shordich (Shoreditch), advocate of the court of Arches. de Shordich (Shoreditch)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/161/8039
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This record is about the John de Shordich (Shoreditch), advocate of the court of Arches. de Shordich (Shoreditch)... dating from [1330] 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 8/161/8039
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Shordich (Shoreditch), advocate of the court of Arches.
- Name(s)
- de Shordich (Shoreditch), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- advocate of the court of Arches
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 2 parts].1) Shordich requests that satisfaction be made to him of the £40 of land or rent for the term of his life according to his charter of the king's father. The late king granted that he could acquire the manor of Passenham by advocacy in the court of Arches for his service overseas and in England, and he further granted that if the king wished to resume the manor, that he would be granted the £40 annually, but at the coming of the queen Shordich was ousted without any provision for the £40.2) He requests that he be granted some suitable regard since he is unable to live of the manor in regard of his losses in advocacy, and because he has been ousted from the office of chief clerk of Common Pleas.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council, if it pleases the king, that because of his charter he ought to have compensation, and because the record is before the council that they speak with him to reside continually with the king upon the business concerning Gascony, and that it is good that such parlance continue.It pleases the king that compensation be made.
- Places mentioned
- Passenham, [Northamptonshire]
- Gascony, [France].
- People mentioned
- Isabella of France, Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1330 as the petition is published in Rot. Parl. II from a Hale manuscript which dated the petitions to the parliament held in 4 Edw. III (1330) (Rot. Parl. vol. II, p.41a-b (no.50)).
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.41a-b (no.50) (full edition of later copy of original petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp.31-51, no.50 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293883/
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