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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
Item
Liege men of Kingston upon Thames. King and council. [The petition is damaged with...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/318/E335
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This record is about the Liege men of Kingston upon Thames. King and council. [The petition is damaged with... dating from [1312] 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/E335
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1312]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Liege men of Kingston upon Thames.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is damaged with small parts missing and other parts of the right-hand side of the document being barely legible.]The men request remedy concerning an ancient debt from the time of King Henry and that the beasts distrained for the debt be restored and the sheriff be commanded to cease his duress until the debt can be tried in parliament or before the barons of the Exchequer and the assignment made upon the debt repealed as the debt was clear. The debt currently on demand is for arrears of their farm for three years in the reign of Henry III, and for charges for purprestures made by them which were subsequently submerged by the Thames, as was found by an inquisition.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Kingston upon Hull, [Surrey].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1312 as the king ordered the petitioners to be discharged if it was found that their claims were true (CCR 1307-13, p.470).
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.470 (order to acquit the petitioners if their claims are found to be true)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529387/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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