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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Philip de Meaux. de Meaux Philip King and council. Meaux states that his grandfather...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/318/E297
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This record is about the Philip de Meaux. de Meaux Philip King and council. Meaux states that his grandfather... dating from [1307-1315] 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 8/318/E297
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1307-1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Philip de Meaux.
- Name(s)
- de Meaux, Philip
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Meaux states that his grandfather held the vill of Withernsea with a carucate in Owthorne with pasture in places called Engeland and Le Flat which he gave to the count of Aumale for a debt that he owed, to hold the same until the debt was paid. Meaux requests an enquiry into this as the count has levied the debt twice over, and if this is found to be the case then he requests remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Withernsea, [Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Holderness, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Owthorne, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Piers de Meaux, grandfather of the petitioner
- Count of Aumale.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1307-1315 as the petition is clearly of the reign of Edward II as the petition refers to Henry III as the king's grandfather. It seems likely from the hand and the nature of the request that the petition belongs to the first part of the reign.
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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/C9529349/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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