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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Molecastre (Muncaster), sheriff of Cumberland. de Molecastre (Muncaster)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/314/E135
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This record is about the William de Molecastre (Muncaster), sheriff of Cumberland. de Molecastre (Muncaster)... dating from [1302] 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 8/314/E135
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1302]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Molecastre (Muncaster), sheriff of Cumberland.
- Name(s)
- de Molecastre (Muncaster), William
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- sheriff of Cumberland
- Nature of request
- Molecastre requests that he is able to make approvements in the manor of Bolton in Allerdale which he holds for life for £40 per annum, as without these he will be unable to hold the manor at farm any longer.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- If it is held at will by farm he should render the farm or render the manor to the king etc., and he should make his approvements when he considers it expedient.2) Let it remain at the Exchequer.
- Places mentioned
- Cumberland
- Bolton, [Cumberland]
- Allerdale, [Cumberland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1302 as the petition belongs to an original file of petitions returned to the Exchequer from the summer parliament of 1302. For a confirmation of this dating, see SC 8/314/E107.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another contemporary petition by the same petitioner concerning the same manor, see SC 8/314/E146
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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. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.69 (reference to the petitioner holding the manor for life)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 1302, summer parliament, appendix, petitions belonging to this parliament and not otherwise recorded, no.2 (summary of this file)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529186/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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