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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Not specified Council. [This petition is damaged.]The petition states that one John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/257/12842
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This record is about the Not specified Council. [This petition is damaged.]The petition states that one John... dating from [c. 1388] 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 8/257/12842
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1388]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Not specified
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged.]The petition states that one John Cruwys had previously petitioned the King about rights he claimed to certain lands and tenements in Devon, in the King's hand because of the forfeiture of John Blake, so that he had a commission to William Rikill and John Cassy to inquire into his right. Two inquisitions have been held, and two sessions at Exeter, at which John Cruwys has browbeaten and intimidated the jurors into finding in his favour, although no title of right can be found for him. And now another commission is about to be granted to him. The petition asks that William Rikill and John Cassy, and John Copeleston, the King's steward in Devon, might be summoned to give evidence on oath about John's behaviour, and whether the commission was properly held or not.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Exeter, Devon.
- People mentioned
- John Cruwys
- John Blake
- William Rikill
- John Cassy
- John Copeleston, King's steward in Devon.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A later note on the dorse says 'petitiones R 2'. CPR 1385-8 p.540 is dated 12 July 1388. This petition must date from shortly after that.
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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. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.540 (commission to William Rikill and John Cassy to inquire into the right of John Cruwys)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440454/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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