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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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Margery Somery. Somery Margery Justices of the king. Somery complains of Newcastle...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/321/E479
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This record is about the Margery Somery. Somery Margery Justices of the king. Somery complains of Newcastle... dating from [c. 1311] 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 8/321/E479
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1311]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Margery Somery.
- Name(s)
- Somery, Margery
- Addressees
- Justices of the king.
- Nature of request
- Somery complains of Newcastle and requests remedy as she has brought a writ of conspiracy before the king against Herne and others but she is not able to have her recovery by the conspiracy of Newcastle with Herne to her great damage.
- Nature of endorsement
- Command the sheriffs of London and Middlesex [to appear] on the Tuesday after the Purification.Not prosecuted.
- Places mentioned
- Middlesex.
- People mentioned
- Henry de Novel Chastel (Newcastle), sheriff of Middlesex
- Walter en le Herne.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1311 based upon the reference to Henry de Novo Castro as sheriff of Middlesex in the petition. Novo Castro does not appear in the list of sheriffs of London and Middlesex, but it is clear from a reference in the close rolls that he served probably in the period of Michaelmas 1311-Michaelmas 1312, perhaps replacing one of those appearing in the list for that year because of their death (List of Sheriffs, p. 201).
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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/C9529531/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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