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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Dean and chapter of Exeter. King and council. [The petition is damaged and in places...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/215/10724
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This record is about the Dean and chapter of Exeter. King and council. [The petition is damaged and in places... dating from [1371-1382] 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 8/215/10724
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1371-1382]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Dean and chapter of Exeter.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is damaged and in places illegible.]The dean and chapter of Exeter recount that at the last parliament at Westminster ... that the deans and chapters should have the freehold of their manors ... by which the petitioners were seised of the lands and tenements which ... farms to Philip and Joan Smale jointly, to Ordel and his wife jointly, ... jointly, to Grede and his wife jointly, and to many others, and some of them ... other people in disinheritance of the church of Exeter ... they have gathered great companies of armed men against the peace ... and have caused great alarm to Saxton, Brok ... and Feriby and to their ministries in these parts. The petitioners request that ... atte Mille, Forester, Grede, Potter and John ... be ordered to appear before the council to answer to the King and council, the dean and chapter and each of the canons named above.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ should be sent to Molyns, Grede, Potter and each of them to be before the council on the quinzaine of Michaelmas next.
- Places mentioned
- Exeter, [Devon]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Philip Smale
- Joan [Smale], daughter of Philip Smale
- William Ordel
- Thomas Grede the elder
- John Saxton, precentor of Exeter
- Robert Brok, canon of Exeter
- William de Feriby, canon of Exeter
- John atte Mille
- John Forester
- John Potter
- John [?]
- Richard Molyns.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1371-1382, with reference to Feriby, Brantyngham and Saxton being canons of Exeter cathedral.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334280/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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