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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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Thomas of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster. Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster Thomas King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/274/13690
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This record is about the Thomas of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster. Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster Thomas King.... dating from [1300] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/274/13690
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1300]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster.
- Name(s)
- Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster, Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 3 parts:]1) The earl requests the grant of a fair at Higham Ferrers, and a market and fair at Yoxall.2) He requests the grant of timber from Whittlewood Forest for the repair of his house at Passenham.3) He requests the grant of a writ of enquiry into the fees of tenants of the honour of Leicester in Surrey and Sussex.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire
- Yoxall, Staffordshire
- Whittlewood Forest, [Northamptonshire]
- Passenham, [Northamptonshire]
- Leicester, [Leicestershire]
- Surrey
- Sussex.
- People mentioned
- Roger de Suthecote (Southcote).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1300 as the three requests were answered on 30 March and 1 April (CChR 1257-1300, p.482; CCR 1296-1302, p.341; CPR 1292-1301, p.549).
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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 Charter Rolls, vol. II, Hen III and Edw I, 1257-1300, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.482 (grant of the market and fairs)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1296-1302, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.341 (order for the petitioner to have 12 oaks in Whittlewood)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.549 (commission concerning the fees of the honour)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517637/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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