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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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This record is about the John de Bereford. de Bereford John Council. Bereford requests a writ of Chancery... dating from [c. 1335] 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 8/169/8439A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner on a related matter, see SC 8/169/8439B
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), pp.461-2 (commitment of the bailiwick to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294286/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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