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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Herpisfeld. de Herpisfeld John King and council. Herpisfeld requests remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15560
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This record is about the John de Herpisfeld. de Herpisfeld John King and council. Herpisfeld requests remedy... dating from [c. 1356] 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 8/311/15560
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1356]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Herpisfeld.
- Name(s)
- de Herpisfeld, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Herpisfeld requests remedy because when the Prior of St Bartholomew impleaded him concerning a tenement in London, Smelt empanelled men of the prior's affinity who, having been assured by Smelt that they could not be attainted in London, found against him. He also asks that these false jurors be attainted.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Richard Smelt, late sheriff of London
- Prior of St Bartholomew.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1356. Smelt was sheriff of London in 1354-5, when Herpisfeld was also active in the city (CPR 1354-8, p. 500; CCR 1354-60, p. 63 and p. 110).
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. X, 1354-1360, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.63 (1354 enrolment of indenture made between Smelt et al. and petitioner re £200 in which Herpisfeld is bound to Smelt) & p.110 (order re Herpisfeld's suit concerning fifteenth last granted in London)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. X, 1354-1358, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.500 (commission to examine the record and process, correct any errors therein and do justice for all parties in this case)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682570/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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