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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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Commonalty of the wapentake of Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire. King and council. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/323/E596
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This record is about the Commonalty of the wapentake of Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire. King and council. The... dating from [c. 1301] 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 8/323/E596
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1301]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of the wapentake of Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The commonalty request remedy and that the under bailiffs and their 4 men be ousted and the chief bailiff and one bailiff under him is able to serve the king in the wapentake as has been before these hours. They had the bailiff and a beadle until the last coming of the bailiff when he brought these additional under bailiffs to make attachments at the cost of the commonalty, and they could not have peace until they paid various sums of money.
- Nature of endorsement
- Hugh de Nottingham is assigned to enquire of the truth of this and certify the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer so that they can do remedy.
- Places mentioned
- Bassetlaw wapentake, Nottinghamshire.
- People mentioned
- Hugh de Notingham (Nottingham).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? 1301 in accordance with the guard note, but its relevance is not entirely clear (CPR 1292-1301, p. 577)
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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/C9529648/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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