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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Walter Meriet. Meriet Walter King and council. Meriet requests that an attaint be...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/169/8415
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This record is about the Walter Meriet. Meriet Walter King and council. Meriet requests that an attaint be... dating from [c. 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 8/169/8415
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter Meriet.
- Name(s)
- Meriet, Walter
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Meriet requests that an attaint be granted and the jury be of the country as it is in other similar inquisitions, as Camoys recovered the manor of Bradford against him by a false inquisition by the procurement of the Despensers.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should go to Chancery and have an attaint for a reasonable fine.
- Places mentioned
- Bradford-on-Tone, Somerset.
- People mentioned
- Ralph de Camoys
- Hugh le Despenser, the father
- Hugh le Despenser, the son.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1334 on the basis of the dating of other petitions by the same petitioner on the same matter (SC 8/61/3011A; SC 8/127/6319). However, the reference to the involvement of the Despensers may indicate that an earlier date is more likely, perhaps 1327.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the copy of a related writ, see SC 8/61/3011B
For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter SC 8/61/3011A
For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/127/6319
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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/C9294262/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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