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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas de Courtenay. de Courtenay Thomas King. Courtenay requests that he be granted...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/246/12299
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/246/12299
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1355]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas de Courtenay.
- Name(s)
- de Courtenay, Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Courtenay requests that he be granted letters to the chancellor and treasurer and others of the council at Westminster to ordain that right be done to him and his tenants of Kerswell as the law demands and that he can have the services and customs that he and his predecessors have had in the manor. The tenants are untruthfully claiming to be free tenants.
- Nature of endorsement
- The letters and petition were viewed by the council and it was agreed that the tenants sue at the common law against Courtenay if they wish it.
- Places mentioned
- Kerswell, Devon
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Tenants of the manor of Kerswell.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1355 on the basis of the date '29 Edw. 3' stamped on the guard of the warrant, the warrant bearing the date 5 May (C 81/1334/18).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the secret seal warrant with which this petition was originally enclosed see no. 18 in C 81/1334
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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/C9439905/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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