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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Escheator of the Trent. King and Council. Escheator of the Trent The escheator [this...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/168/8375
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/168/8375
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Escheator of the Trent.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Occupation
- Escheator of the Trent
- Nature of request
- The escheator [this side] of Trent states that the justices of North and South Wales are not allowing his sub-escheators to do their jobs in Wales and the Welsh Marches, and asks that the council ordain how the king should be best served in these areas.The escheator also requests that the Council ordain how the king is to be best served in the cities and boroughs such as in London, Bristol, Gloucester and elsewhere where the he and his ministers may not execute their offices, as the king is badly served at present.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the escheator come and explain the manner of the impediments relating to each petition.Wait until another parliament [deleted].Before the King and the Great Council.
- Places mentioned
- Wales
- March of Wales
- London
- Bristol
- Gloucester, [Gloucestershire].
- People mentioned
- Justice of North Wales
- Justice of South Wales.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to the period c.1300-c.1330 based on the handwriting and the Latin endorsement.
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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)
- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.287 (summary of first half of this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294220/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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