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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. King and Council. Badly damaged and incomplete...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/218/10855
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This record is about the Commons of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. King and Council. Badly damaged and incomplete... dating from [? c. 1351] 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 8/218/10855
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1351]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- Badly damaged and incomplete petition relating to the fee farm of the sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, and how grants of various lands have meant that the holders are no longer required to contribute to this fee farm, making the traditional sum impossible to collect, to the detriment of the sheriffs and the people. The petition refers to earlier inquests held under a commission directed to Thorp and Willoughby.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Incomplete and largely illegible.]
- Places mentioned
- Nottinghamshire
- Derbyshire.
- People mentioned
- Henry III, King of England
- William de Thorp
- Richard de Willoughby.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to some point after 1348, and probably around 1351. Clearly dates to some point after the commission issued on 8 February 1348 to Thorp, Willoughy and others to enquire into this matter.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a later related petition see SC 8/261/13031
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1348-1350, (Public Record Office, 1905), pp.62-3 (earlier commission to enquire into this matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334412/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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