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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Dean and chapter of Salisbury. Lords of the council. [Petition in 7 parts].1) The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/161/8048
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This record is about the Dean and chapter of Salisbury. Lords of the council. [Petition in 7 parts].1) The... dating from [c. 1421] 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 8/161/8048
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1421]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Dean and chapter of Salisbury.
- Addressees
- Lords of the council.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 7 parts].1) The dean and chapter request that Messanger be summoned and be compelled to pay the rent and arrears that he owes for a messuage in Salisbury, he having withheld it for the last 20 years; and they request that they have remedy and title to demand recovery from their tenants in future.2) [Identical request concerning the rent and arrears owed by Okeburn, he having withdrawn it 13 years previously].3) [Identical request concerning the rent and arrears owed by Camell, he having withdrawn it 8 years previously].4) [Identical request concerning the rent and arrears withdrawn by a tenant, but damage obscures the full details].5) [Identical request concerning the rent and arrears owed by Lord, he having withdrawn it 17 years previously].6) [Identical request concerning the rent and arrears owed by Hobbes, he having withdrawn it 17 years previously].7) [Identical request concerning the rent and arrears owed by Fyvean, he having withdrawn it 13 years previously].
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Salisbury, [Wiltshire].
- People mentioned
- Walter Messanger
- Robert Okeburn
- John Camell
- William Lord
- Ralph Hobbes
- William Fyvean.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1421 on the basis of the dating given on the dorse to 9 Henry V. Although this is in a later hand, the hand of the petition does fit a petition of around that date.
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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/C9293892/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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