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John de Bereford. de Bereford John Council. Bereford requests a writ of Chancery...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/169/8439A

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SC 8/169/8439A
Date
[c. 1335]
Description
Petitioners
John de Bereford.
Name(s)
de Bereford, John
Addressees
Council.
Nature of request
Bereford requests a writ of Chancery to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to enquire of the liberties granted to the archbishop and others in the Seven Hundreds in Kent, and make allowance to Bereford for the sums that he has lost towards his farm of the Seven Hundreds. The king granted him the same bailiwick of the hundreds at will.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Seven Hundreds bailiwick, Kent
Bourgham (Burham), [Kent]
Bathecley (Barclay) hundred, [Kent]
Cranbrook hundred, [Kent]
Canterbury, [Kent].
People mentioned
Archbishop of Canterbury
Prior of Holy Trinity, Canterbury.
Note
The petition is dated to c. 1335 on the basis of the commitment of the bailiwick to the petitioner on 3 November 1335, though the petition is clearly sometime later than the grant (CFR 1327-37, pp.461-2).
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner on a related matter, see SC 8/169/8439B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), pp.461-2 (commitment of the bailiwick to the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294286/

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