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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester. de Clare, Earl of Gloucester Gilbert King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/309/15439
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This record is about the Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester. de Clare, Earl of Gloucester Gilbert King.... dating from [c. 1279] 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 8/309/15439
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1279]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester.
- Name(s)
- de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, Gilbert
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Earl of Gloucester requests:1) that Penchester and his fellow justices be ordered not to proceed with the pleas to be determined before them at Maidstone on Wednesday after the Circumcision next touching the honour of Gloucester until the rolls and inquisitions have been fully examined;2) that the itinerant justices in Dorset be ordered that if it is pleaded before them that the Earl or his ancestors usurped or occupied anything concerning the King or his ancestors, that he be informed outside the pleas so that he has time to sufficiently answer to the King;3) that the sheriff of Hampshire be ordered to relax the distraint which he made on the Earl's tenants at Pennington and Harbridge.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] 1) On the quinzaine of St Hilary.2) When he comes to explain this, the King will freely listen to what he has to say.3) Before the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer on the quinzaine of St Hilary.
- Places mentioned
- Maidstone, [Kent]
- Gloucester honour
- Dorset
- Hampshire
- Pennington, [Hampshire]
- Harbridge, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- [Stephen] de Penccestre (Penchester), justice
- Henry [III], King of England
- Edward [I], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1279, when there was an oyer and terminer concerning suits pending before justices of eyre in Kent of liberties and purprestures usurped by the petitioner (CPR 1272-81, p. 349).
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. I, 1272-1281, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.349 (oyer and terminer re suits pending before justices of eyre in Kent re liberties and purprestures usurped by petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529036/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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