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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Writ of Edward III to the Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, asking...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/299/14906
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Writ of Edward III to the Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, asking... dating from 1328 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 8/299/14906
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1328
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Writ of Edward III to the Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, asking him to hold an inquisition into the claim of Richard de Welleford and Geoffrey de Weston, merchants of London, that they were robbed on the King's highway between Arrington and Caxton, and that although they raised the hue and cry after that robbery, the people of those parts did not attempt to attach the malefactors, but allowed them to escape.
- Nature of endorsement
- Matthew de Bassingburn, sheriff:The execution of this writ can be seen from the inquisition sewn to it.
- Places mentioned
- Cambridgeshire
- Winchester, [Hampshire]
- London
- Arrington, [Cambridgeshire]
- Caxton, [Cambridgeshire]
- Longstow hundred, [Cambridgeshire]
- Northampton, [Northamptonshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward [III], King of England
- Matthew de Bassingburn (Bassingbourn), Sheriff of Cambridgeshire
- Edward [I], King of England
- Richard de Welleford (Welford), merchant of London
- Geoffrey de Weston, merchant of London
- Kelm'.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Writ dated 14 May 2 Edward III (1328).Matthew de Bassingburn was Sheriff of Cambridgeshire between 24 April 1327 and 11 August 1328 (List of Sheriffs).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related letter see SC 8/299/14904
For the inquisition held as a result of this writ, see SC 8/299/14907
For a related petition, see SC 8/299/14908
For a related writ see SC 8/299/14902
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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)
- 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518109/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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