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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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Warden and canons of the collegiate church of Ottery St Mary. King. The petitioners...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/251/12549
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This record is about the Warden and canons of the collegiate church of Ottery St Mary. King. The petitioners... dating from [1399] 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 8/251/12549
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Warden and canons of the collegiate church of Ottery St Mary.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request that the council make judgment in their dispute with their tenants in their manor of Ottery St Mary, who have unjustly withdrawn their services. Despite earlier orders by the council the parties have been unable to come to agreement, and the tenants are now seeking to have the matter decided according to the common law rather than the customs of the manor, to the disinheritance of the petitioners.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] Memorandum that on 20 February 22 Richard II this bill was granted by the king at Newcastle-under-Lyme.
- Places mentioned
- Ottery St Mary, Devon
- Newcastle-under-Lyme, [Staffordshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The endorsement notes that the request was granted on 20 February 1399, and presumably the petition was presented shortly before that date.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier related petition see SC 8/63/3142
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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, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.309 (earlier commission of oyer and terminer into this matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440155/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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