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? No Petitioner named Writ from Richard II to the sheriff of Devon, enclosing a petition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/296/14767B
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Writ from Richard II to the sheriff of Devon, enclosing a petition... dating from 1379 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 8/296/14767B
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1379
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Writ from Richard II to the sheriff of Devon, enclosing a petition from William Bremelham of Exeter, barber, and asking him to do full justice to the petitioner, and, if it is appropriate, to release William on bail to appear before the King and council at the quindene of Michaelmas to answer the accusations of John Talbot and his companions, collectors of the subsidy granted in the last parliament, and to stand to right on this matter, informing the King in Chancery of the names of William's mainpernors and of his actions in this matter.
- Nature of endorsement
- This writ was delivered to William Bremelham of Exeter, barber, in the King's gaol of Exeter by the warrant of John Talbot, one of the collectors in the county of Devon of the subsidy granted to the King in the last parliament. And the aforesaid William found sufficient mainpernors, namely Thomas Blaumfeld, Thomas Rainaud, Ralph Sachevelle and John Sepelston, to answer both to the king and his council and to the aforesaid John Talbot and his colleagues, collectors of the aforesaid subsidy on all and each of the matters contained in this writ, according to the tenor of this writ.John Fitz Payn, sheriff.
- Places mentioned
- Exeter, Devon
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Richard [II], King of England
- John Fitz Payn, sheriff of Devon
- William Bremelham of Exeter, barber
- John Talbot, collector of the subsidy in Devon
- Thomas Blaumfeld
- Thomas Rainaud
- Ralph Sachevelle
- John Sepelston.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document, see SC 8/76/3795
For a related petition, see SC 8/93/4610A
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- C 47/14/3
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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)
- Latin
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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 Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. IV, 1-12 Ric II, (Public Record Office, 1957), no.122 (writ to the Mayor and Bailiffs of Exeter to inquire into the petition of William Bremelham, and subsequent inquisition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517968/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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