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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Standon. de Standon Robert King. The petitioner requests that the king...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/312/E25
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This record is about the Robert de Standon. de Standon Robert King. The petitioner requests that the king... dating from [c. 1295] 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 8/312/E25
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1295]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Standon.
- Name(s)
- de Standon, Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner requests that the king will make enquiry into his rights by loyal justices concerning the excesses committed by Swynnerton as collector of the tenth penny by which he has greatly profited, the people of the country having come to the petitioner and complained of the matter.The petitioner states that he is the same knight who came to the king in Wales without armour, and to whom the king was courteous.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this petition be sent to the barons of the Exchequer and let execution be made of that petition there in . . .
- Places mentioned
- [Staffordshire].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Swynerton (Swynnerton).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1295 as the petition clearly complains of the excesses of Swynnerton as collector of the tenth, and he was appointed one of the collectors of the tenth on the 12th November 1294.
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.104 (appointment of Swynnerton as one of the collectors of the tenth in Staffordshire)
- Two Ancient Petitions from the Public Record Office, ed. C. Swynnerton, (, 1903), pp.66-9 (edition, translation and discussion of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529074/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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