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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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Men and tenants of the manor of Godmanchester. King. The men and tenants request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/176/8761
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This record is about the Men and tenants of the manor of Godmanchester. King. The men and tenants request... dating from [1392] 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 8/176/8761
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1392]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Men and tenants of the manor of Godmanchester.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The men and tenants request that they be granted in specific words that they are able to have the chattels of felons, escheats, deodands and forfeitures within the limits of their manor or they will not be able to pay their farm. They were granted the farm of the manor by king John and have always enjoyed these liberties by general words in their charter, but now the Exchequer has disturbed them.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Godmanchester, [Huntingdonshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1392 as the request was granted on 15 February 1392 (CChR 1341-1417, p.327).
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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 Charter Rolls, vol. V, 15 Edw III - 5 Hen V, 1341-1417, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.327 (grant of extension of their liberties)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294629/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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