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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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Mayor and citizens of Exeter. King and council. The mayor and citizens of Exeter...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/264/13160
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This record is about the Mayor and citizens of Exeter. King and council. The mayor and citizens of Exeter... dating from [c. 1305] 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 8/264/13160
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and citizens of Exeter.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The mayor and citizens of Exeter request remedy because although they have been seised of the channel of water and all attachments and distresses of that franchise have been made by Exeter's bailiffs from time of memory from the bridge of Cowley to Exmouth, and the customs and other charges also belong to them, recently Courtenay seized the attachments and distresses of the water.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Devon.2) The treasurer and barons of the Exchequer should be ordered by writ of Chancery to call the parties before them and, after hearing their reasons, to do justice on the contents of the petition.
- Places mentioned
- Exeter, [Devon]
- Cowley, [Devon]
- Exmouth, [Devon]
- Devon.
- People mentioned
- Hugh de Curtenaye (Courtenay).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1305, since it was likely presented at the same time as SC 8/264/13158.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition from the same petitioners see SC 8/264/13158
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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/C9517106/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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