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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
SC 8/218/10855
Date
[? c. 1351]
Description
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.
Related material

For a later related petition see SC 8/261/13031

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1348-1350, (Public Record Office, 1905), pp.62-3 (earlier commission to enquire into this matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334412/

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SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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