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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Laurence de Seynt Martyn (St Martin), knight. de Seynt Martyn (St Martin) Laurence...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/300/14963
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This record is about the Laurence de Seynt Martyn (St Martin), knight. de Seynt Martyn (St Martin) Laurence... dating from [? 1380] 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 8/300/14963
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Laurence de Seynt Martyn (St Martin), knight.
- Name(s)
- de Seynt Martyn (St Martin), Laurence
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Laurence de St Martin states that he has been given a commission to array men at arms in Wiltshire and to bring them to the coast in case of need, but that he is distrained for his lands and tenements in the Isle of Wight to remain there in person. He requests a writ to the keepers of the Isle to discharge him from this personal residence, provided that he finds sufficient men at arms and archers for the quantity of his lands there, considering that his esquires and other people are at sea on this expedition.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ is to be issued to discharge the petitioner in the manner requested here for the time that his commission lasts, provided always that he finds sufficient men at arms and archers as written here, and as he is obliged to do for the share of his tenements.
- Places mentioned
- Wiltshire
- Isle of Wight, [Hampshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1377-81, p.473 is dated 20 March 1380 and p.510 is dated 22 April 1380. The petition would seem likely to date from this year.
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.473 (commission of array to the petitioner and others in Wiltshire) & p.510 (commission of array to the petitioner and others in the Isle of Wight)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518166/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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