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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Mauger, formerly sheriff of Herefordshire. Mauger John Chancellor and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/296/14785
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This record is about the John Mauger, formerly sheriff of Herefordshire. Mauger John Chancellor and council.... dating from [c. 1336] 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 8/296/14785
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1336]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Mauger, formerly sheriff of Herefordshire.
- Name(s)
- Mauger, John
- Addressees
- Chancellor and council.
- Places mentioned
- Herefordshire
- Fleet prison
- London
- Wiltshire.
- Nature of request
- John Mauger states that he is in the Fleet prison, and cannot be released before the morrow of St Margaret, and that an assize has been brought against him in Wiltshire by his son. He requests a supersedeas.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- John Mauger was sheriff of Herefordshire between February 1335 and January 1336, and the petition would seem to date from shortly after that. On 25 January 1337 the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer are ordered not to put John Mauger in default for not appearing before them to render his account as sheriff, as he was detained in the Tower, and to receive his attorneys to render his account instead (CCR 1337-9 pp.99-100).
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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/C9517986/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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