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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Nicholas de Cauenecourt, son of Nicholas de Cauenecourt of Kent. de Cauenecourt Nicholas...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/312/E42
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This record is about the Nicholas de Cauenecourt, son of Nicholas de Cauenecourt of Kent. de Cauenecourt Nicholas... dating from [c. 1299] 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/E42
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1299]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Nicholas de Cauenecourt, son of Nicholas de Cauenecourt of Kent.
- Name(s)
- de Cauenecourt, Nicholas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Cauenecourt requests an inquisition and that reason will be done as his lands in Well have been seized into the king's hand by the late sheriff by writ of the Exchequer because it was alleged that the land was Jakemyn de Cauenecourt's and that he was an alien and of the power of the king of France, though he died 30 or more years ago and held nothing of the king in chief nor committed any trespass against the king and nor has the petitioner.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should go to the Exchequer.
- Places mentioned
- Well, Kent.
- People mentioned
- William Trussel, late sheriff of Kent
- Jakemyn de Cauenecourt.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1299 as the petition refers to Trussel as being the late sheriff of Kent and he left office in April 1298, and many of the other petitions in this file seem to date to about this time (List of Sheriffs, p.67).
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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/C9529093/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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