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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Merchant. de Merchant Robert King and council. Merchant requests that his...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/321/E497
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/321/E497
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Merchant.
- Name(s)
- de Merchant, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Merchant requests that his petition is sent to the justices and that they view it and make hasty remedy as he was impleaded by the prior of Coventry and pleaded to inquisition when he was essoined by service to the king, but the bishop of Chester came and declared that he was not in the king's service and Merchant was held in default and his body seized and held in the Tower, whereafter the bishop has committed many extortions against him by his lordship because he coveted his lands in Coventry to his great ruin.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Coventry, [Warwickshire]
- Tower of London, London.
- People mentioned
- Prior of Coventry
- Walter [Langton], Bishop of Chester (Coventry and Lichfield).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1307 because the petition refers to Walter Langton as bishop of Chester and office holder of Edward I, the king's father, and it is also clear that Langton is out of office. As this is clearly early in the reign of Edward II it is likely that it dates to not long after Langton's fall from favour in the first weeks of the new reign, an opportune time for those with grievances against the former treasurer.
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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/C9529549/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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