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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Community of Devon. King and council. The community of Devon states that William...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/258/12891
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This record is about the Community of Devon. King and council. The community of Devon states that William... dating from [1320] 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 8/258/12891
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of Devon.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The community of Devon states that William de Bourne and Nicholas de Chene, appointed in the last parliament at Lincoln to make perambulation of the forest in Devon, are refusing to act. They ask that other people might be assigned, or that they might have a writ to William and Nicholas to proceed.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.They are to go to Chancery, and if the commission mentioned by the petition has not been revoked, and there is no other underlying reason, then they are to have an exhortatory writ etc. to proceed.
- Places mentioned
- Devon
- Lincoln, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- William de Bourne
- Nicholas de Chene
- [Adam de] Lymbergh.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A Latin summary of this petition is found on a roll of petitions from the parliament of October 1320 (Rot. Parl. vol. I, p.377a (no.53)).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/108/5368
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.377a (no.53) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440504/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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