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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Garston. de Garston John King and council. John de Garston states that he...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/201/10010
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This record is about the John de Garston. de Garston John King and council. John de Garston states that he... dating from [1290] 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 8/201/10010
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Garston.
- Name(s)
- de Garston, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- John de Garston states that he was formerly of the household of Henry III, and that he has, by charters of King Henry and of the present king, the right not to be placed on any inquest, jury or assize against his will; but that, in the King's ninth year, he was called to an inquest held before Thomas de Weyland and William de Bromtone, justices, by the procurement of his enemies, although he was not summoned. He refused to swear the oath, citing these charters, and was amerced in £10. He has paid 40s and asks to be pardoned the remainder or the whole, as he is poor and bedridden, and has nothing from which to pay it.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.In rotulo (on the roll).The King pardons him half and he is to have a writ for that; and he is to pay the other half by instalments.
- Places mentioned
- Surrey
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Henry [III], King of England
- Thomas de Weyland, justice
- William de Bromtone, justice
- Robert de Wantone
- John le Mareschal (Marshal).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A Latin summary of this petition is enrolled on a roll of petitions from the Easter parliament of 1290 (PROME roll 02, introduction).
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.50a (no.54) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no. 61 (full edition and translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333566/
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