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Poor people of Repton hundred in Derbyshire. King. The people of Repton hundred request...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/219/10902

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This record is about the Poor people of Repton hundred in Derbyshire. King. The people of Repton hundred request... dating from [c. 1322] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/219/10902
Date
[c. 1322]
Description
Petitioners
Poor people of Repton hundred in Derbyshire.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The people of Repton hundred request that, on account of the great destruction done to their area when the king and his host stayed at Rosliston and Caldwell prior to their crossing of the river at Burton upon Trent, they be exempted from the grievous military summons recently requested.
Nature of endorsement
Coram Rege. Herlaston.
Places mentioned
Repton hundred, Derbyshire
Rosliston, [Derbyshire]
Caldwell, [Derbyshire]
Burton upon Trent, [Staffordshire]
Carlisle, [Cumberland].
People mentioned
[William de] Herlaston.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1322, with reference to the king's stay at Caldwell in March 1322, during the campaign against Thomas of Lancaster. The reference to Herlaston would tend to support such a date.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334461/

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