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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Tenants of the ancient demesne of the manor of Fawsley. King and council. The people...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/169/8406
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This record is about the Tenants of the ancient demesne of the manor of Fawsley. King and council. The people... dating from [1315] 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 8/169/8406
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tenants of the ancient demesne of the manor of Fawsley.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request remedy as Daventry holds the manor of Fawsley and has disseised them of their common pasture and made other demands on them contrary to customary usage, and they have sued in Chancery but have no remedy in this case.
- Nature of endorsement
- The clerks of Chancery have agreed with the council the remedy to be made in this case.
- Places mentioned
- Fawsley, Northamptonshire.
- People mentioned
- Simon de Davyntre (Daventry].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1315 on the basis of the Chancery warrant in which this petition was probably enclosed (CCW 1244-1326, p.420).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the Chancery warrant in which this petition was probably enclosed, see no.3422 in C 81/92
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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 Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.420 (order to the chancellor concerning the hardships of the tenants)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294253/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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