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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Bretagne (Brittany), Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond. de Bretagne (Brittany),...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/274/13658
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This record is about the John de Bretagne (Brittany), Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond. de Bretagne (Brittany),... dating from [1290] 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 8/274/13658
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Bretagne (Brittany), Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond.
- Name(s)
- de Bretagne (Brittany), Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 7 parts:]1) The duke requests that the king remove his hand from land in Leadenham which pertains to the wardship of Roger de Coleville and deliver it to the duke, as the wardship pertains to him.2) He requests the king's grace to put an attorney in his place in the county of Richmond.3) He requests that malefactors that came to the fair of Boston and robbed merchants there be taken to a place to receive justice.4) He requests that the king's people do not disturb his people for the scutage for the three Welsh wars as the king has acquitted them at another time.5) He requests that the wapentakes of Lincolnshire should be given to him for a certain sum of money, and not because of the profit that he will have but so that his lands and people will be better held and kept.6) Remembrance of fees and 'arrerefiez' of England that the subjects give to hold from the duke . . .many damages that come to the king and duke and to all high men of the land, and in wardships, and . . ., jurisdiction and in forfeitures and in other things.7) Remembrance that the duke not be impleaded of four things of novel disseisin, dower of women, etc.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Leadenham, Lincolnshire
- Boston, [Lincolnshire]
- Lincolnshire
- Wales.
- People mentioned
- Peter de Favent
- Gautier de Colevile (Coleville)
- Roger de Colevile (Coleville), son of Gautier de Coleville.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1290 as the order in response to the first request for the restoration of the manor of Ledenham was made on 8 February 1290 (CCR 1288-96, p.68).
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1288-1296, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.68 (order for the restoration of the manor of Leadenham)
- Lettres des rois, reines et autres personages des cours de France et d'Angleterre depuis Louis VII jusqu'a Henri IV tirees des archives de Londres par Brequigny, vol. I (1162-1300), ed. M. Champollion-Figeac, (, 1839), no.CCLXIV (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517605/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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