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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alexander, parson of the church of Horndon. Alexander King and council. parson of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/202/10078
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This record is about the Alexander, parson of the church of Horndon. Alexander King and council. parson of... dating from [1320] 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 8/202/10078
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alexander, parson of the church of Horndon.
- Name(s)
- Alexander
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- parson of the church of Horndon
- Nature of request
- Alexander, parson of the church of Horndon, states that it has often been ordained by the King's council that no-one should come with force and arms to collect tithes in any parish against the will of the parson, but that three hundred malefactors from various counties came with force and arms to his church of Horndon last August, and carried off £20 worth of tithes to the house of the parson of Dunton, at his command. He requests justices to investigate this matter, and that such punishment might be given to the malefactors as to be a warning to others.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to go to Chancery and have justices there to hear and determine, for a fine.
- Places mentioned
- Thorndon (Horndon), Essex
- Dunton, Essex.
- People mentioned
- Parson of Dunton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A Latin summary of this petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament of October 1320 (Rot. Parl. vol. I p.376a (no.43).
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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.376a (no.43) (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), parliament of October 1320, no.33 (43) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333634/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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