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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Memorandum that on 9 May, 6 Henry IV, Robert Somerton, one...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/198/9878
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Memorandum that on 9 May, 6 Henry IV, Robert Somerton, one... dating from 1405 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 8/198/9878
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1405
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Memorandum that on 9 May, 6 Henry IV, Robert Somerton, one of the Bailiffs of Bury St Edmunds, appearing before the King in Chancery, stated that he alone took the pleas in the court of Bury St Edmunds, when John Salman was condemned to pay 80 marks to Roger Drury, knight, and others, and 20 marks to Richard Alfrede and John Alfrede; and that he had only charged the jury to speak the truth on their fealty to the King and the lord of the fee, and had not taken an oath from them, as this was the custom of the town, but that he had put in the record and process that the inquisitions had been taken on oath, thinking that this amounted to the same thing in law.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk].
- People mentioned
- Robert Somerton, Bailiff of Bury St Edmunds
- John Salman
- Roger Drury, knight
- Richard Alfrede
- John Alfrede.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated 9 May, 6 Henry IV (1405).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a memorandum of evidence given by Laurence Trussebut, Bailiff of Bury St Edmunds, on this, see SC 8/198/9877
For the petition to which this memorandum relates, see SC 8/198/9879
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9295767/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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