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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Pevensey. King. The people request that the king will command the bailiff...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/241/12016
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/241/12016
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1319]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Pevensey.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people request that the king will command the bailiff of the honour of Eagle and the other ministers of the queen to suffer them to enjoy their liberties, and restore the money distrained from them by Maubank for tallage for two years and services as they are quit of tallage by their charter.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Pevensey, [Sussex]
- Hastings, [Sussex]
- Eagle honour.
- People mentioned
- Edmund Maubank, bailiff of the honour of the Eagle
- Isabella [of France], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1319 as the privy seal warrant in response to the petition dates to 3 February 1319 (CCW 1244-1326, p.504).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was enclosed, see no.5187 in C 81/109
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.504 (mandate to do right according to the law of the realm)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439619/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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