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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Men of Chester. King. The men of Chester make two requests.1) The request a remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/219/10938
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/219/10938
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1270-1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Men of Chester.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The men of Chester make two requests.1) The request a remedy for a prise of wine taken from them.2) They request a remedy for other prises made at Chester castle, especially of ale and other merchandise.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] 1) Too bad - as the King can demand from [them] the arrears, because no-one in the realm is quit of the King's prises, not the high nor the low.2) They should show before the Treasurer and John de Kirkeby in which prises etc., and have just remedy in chancery.Response given to the Prior of Birkenhead: he should prosecute before the Treasurer and John de Kirkeby, whom the King has instructed to show him full justice etc. And the justice of Cheshire is to be called etc..Response given to the Prior of Newport Pagnell.
- Places mentioned
- Chester, [Cheshire]
- Birkenhead, [Cheshire]
- Newport Pagnell, [Buckinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- John de Kirkeby
- Prior of Birkenhead
- Prior of Newport Pagnell.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to the period c.1270-1290 from the references to John de Kirkeby, who died in 1290.
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9334497/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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