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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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People of Devon. King and council. The people of Devon state that the officials of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/260/12958
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This record is about the People of Devon. King and council. The people of Devon state that the officials of... dating from [? c. 1300-? c. 1330] 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 8/260/12958
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1300-? c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Devon.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Devon state that the officials of the Bishop of Exeter and his commissaries and archdeacons and their officials and commissaries are, in several ways which they list, abusing their power and usurping the King's franchises in Devon, to their great harm and impoverishment. They request a remedy for these abuses.
- Nature of endorsement
- Before the King and the great council in the presence of the Bishop of Exeter.They are to have a general prohibition that they are not to hold pleas concerning any things of which cognisance belongs to the King's court. And if anyone is summoned to answer on these, he is to come to Chancery and have a remedy there.
- Places mentioned
- Devon.
- People mentioned
- Bishop of Exeter.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand and the Latin endorsement. Probably from the reign of Edward II.
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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/C9516902/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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