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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Mountgomery (Montgomery). de Mountgomery (Montgomery) John Council. Taverham...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/238/11862
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This record is about the John de Mountgomery (Montgomery). de Mountgomery (Montgomery) John Council. Taverham... dating from [1340] 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 8/238/11862
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Mountgomery (Montgomery).
- Name(s)
- de Mountgomery (Montgomery), John
- Addressees
- Council.
- Places mentioned
- Taverham hundred, Norfolk
- Blofield hundred, Norfolk
- Humbleyard hundred, Norfolk
- Walsham Hundred, Norfolk.
- Nature of request
- John de Mountgomery states that the King granted him an annuity of £26, to be received from the hundreds of Taverham, Blofield, and Humbleyard in Norfolk, but that the letters under the privy seal sent to the Chancellor on this omitted the name of a fourth hundred, Walsham, from which the money was also to be levied: so that he cannot have his grant. He asks that the Chancellor, having taken the advice of the Treasurer and the Barons of the Exchequer, if he finds that the four hundreds are jointly leased for £26 annually, might make John's charter again in due form.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]..
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Formerly enclosed with no.28 of C 81/1534, which is dated 13 November, and can be dated to 1340 by the mention of Edward Duke of Cornwall as Keeper of England (as he was during his father's absence between 16 July 1338 and 21 February 1340 and between 22 June and 30 November 1340), and of Robert Stratford, Bishop of Chichester as Chancellor (as he was between 24 March 1337 and 6 July 1338, and between 12 July and 1 December 1340).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For instructions to the Chancellor from the Duke of Cornwall, Keeper of England, to do justice in this matter, see no.28 of C 81/1534
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335422/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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