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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Writ of Edward II to William de Bereford, wishing to know whether...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/234/11696
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Writ of Edward II to William de Bereford, wishing to know whether... dating from 1326 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 8/234/11696
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1326
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Writ of Edward II to William de Bereford, wishing to know whether the Abbot of Bury St Edmunds had cognisance of all pleas touching the Abbot and his tenants of Bury St Edmunds or not, and if these liberties have been allowed before William and his colleagues of Common Pleas, and asking him to search the rolls and memoranda of Common Pleas for evidence.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk]
- Leicester, [Leicestershire].
- People mentioned
- Edward [II], King of England
- William de Bereford, [Chief Justice of Common Pleas]
- Abbot of Bury St Edmunds.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Writ dated 6 March, 19 Edward II (1326).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a copy of a case where the Abbot has successfully claimed jurisdiction, sent in response to this writ, see SC 8/234/11697
For evidence produced as a result of this writ, see SC 8/234/11699
For the petition on which all these documents depend, see SC 8/234/11700
For an inquisition into whether the Abbot has had cognisance of these pleas, see SC 8/234/11693
For letters patent to the justices ordering the holding of this inquisition, see SC 8/234/11695
For a writ asking for evidence of various liberties allowed to the Abbot in the Exchequer, see SC 8/234/11698
For a writ to the sheriff ordering the holding of this inquisition, see SC 8/234/11694
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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/C9335255/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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