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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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John de Mere. de Mere John King and council. Mere requests that whereas he purchased...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/263/13106
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This record is about the John de Mere. de Mere John King and council. Mere requests that whereas he purchased... dating from [c. 1315] 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 8/263/13106
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Mere.
- Name(s)
- de Mere, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Mere requests that whereas he purchased a writ ad quod dampnum to grant to the King land and rent in Mere, for supplying a chaplain singing masses in the church of Mere for the souls of Edward I and Margaret and of the petitioner and Eleanor, his wife, by which inquisition it was found that the tenements were held of the King in chief, but neither the treasurer nor the chancellor will take the lands and rent without the King's command, that the King will take the said lands and rent.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Mere, [Wiltshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward [I], King of England
- Margaret [of France], Queen of England
- Eleanor [de Mere], wife of the petitioner.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the Chancery warrant with which this was formerly enclosed see no.20 of C 81/106
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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, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.283 (licence for petitioner to grant land and rent in Mere) & p.357 (licence for Thomas de Marlebergh to grant petitioner land and rent in Langham and Gillingham, Dorset)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517050/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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