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John Cornewaill (Cornwall), knight. Cornewaill (Cornwall) John Council. knight Cornewaill...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/213/10650
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This record is about the John Cornewaill (Cornwall), knight. Cornewaill (Cornwall) John Council. knight Cornewaill... dating from [c. 1399] 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 8/213/10650
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Cornewaill (Cornwall), knight.
- Name(s)
- Cornewaill (Cornwall), John
- Addressees
- Council.
- Occupation
- knight
- Nature of request
- Cornewaill requests that whereas by the King's letters patent he was granted the lands and marriages of Alice and Joan Cergeaux, and afterwards Dynham committed distresses both in the manors where the petitioner's wife was and in the lands belonging to Alice and Joan, where they were kept without food and a great number of cattle killed, and Dynham wants the petitioner to pay him £50, that a writ be directed to Dynham to appear before the council in the third week of Easter to answer to the King and the petitioner, on pain of £200.
- Nature of endorsement
- John Dynham should have a day in the quinzaine of Easter.
- People mentioned
- Richard Cergeaux, knight
- Alice [Cergeaux], daughter and heir of Richard Cergeaux
- Joan [Cergeaux], daughter and heir of Richard Cergeaux
- John Dynham, knight.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1399, with reference to CFR 1391-9, p. 291, a 1399 commitment to Cornewaill of keeping of all lands, rents and services late of Cergeaux to hold until the lawful ages of Alice and Joan.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/217/10813
For another petition by the same petitioner and the countess of Huntingdon, see SC 8/22/1075
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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. XI, Ric II, 1391-1399, (Public Record Office, 1929), p.291 (commitment to Cornewaill of keeping of all lands, rents and services late of Cergeaux to hold until the lawful ages of Alice and Joan)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334207/
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