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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Sapy (Sapey). de Sapy (Sapey) Robert King and council. Sapy requests that,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/164/8191
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This record is about the Robert de Sapy (Sapey). de Sapy (Sapey) Robert King and council. Sapy requests that,... dating from [1334] 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 8/164/8191
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Sapy (Sapey).
- Name(s)
- de Sapy (Sapey), Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Sapy requests that, whereas the king has granted him the keeping of the castle of St Briavels and the Forest of Dean, paying to the Exchequer £20 yearly ancient farm, and the king's grandfather and father made assart in the forest paying to the Exchequer £36 yearly and more, ..., that the king order the treasurer and barons to allow in this ancient farm the advantages which the King took from the said assart.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this petition be sent to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer so that they can view it and do justice.
- Places mentioned
- St Briavels, [Gloucestershire]
- Forest of Dean, [Gloucestershire]
- Tintern Abbey, [Monmouthshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- Edward II, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1334, with reference to Rot. Parl. II, p. 85.
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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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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.278 (brief summary of petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.85 (no.52) (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294036/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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