Piece
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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John Pieres, king's clerk. Pieres John King. king's clerk [The petition is almost...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/241/12031
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/241/12031
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Pieres, king's clerk.
- Name(s)
- Pieres, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- king's clerk
- Nature of request
- [The petition is almost completely illegible even under UV light, but appears to concern either the request for an oyer and terminer, or a complaint concerning the holding of one, the former being the more likely. The patent roll records an oyer and terminer granted to Pieres with Aylesbury and another assigned to take it, and with Westwood and others having broken Pieres close at Wengrave].
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Wengrave, Buckinghamshire.
- People mentioned
- Philip de Aylesbury
- [Richard] de Westwode (Westwood)
- Richard [Scot]
- John Water of Wengrave.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1335 as the commission of oyer and terminer granted in the patent rolls that seems to be relevant to this petition dates to 1 February 1335 (CPR 1334-8, p.136).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the now totally illegible privy seal warrant with which this petition was apparently enclosed, see no.9433 in C 81/230
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.136 (commission of oyer and terminer)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9439634/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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