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Richard Burnel (Burnell). Burnel (Burnell) Richard King and council. Burnel requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/325/E667

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This record is about the Richard Burnel (Burnell). Burnel (Burnell) Richard King and council. Burnel requests... dating from [? c. 1292] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/325/E667
Date
[? c. 1292]
Description
Petitioners
Richard Burnel (Burnell).
Name(s)
Burnel (Burnell), Richard
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Burnel requests that he is able to hold the land and tenements in Langley for the service that the petitioner's father and ancestors held it, and that the chattels found there be restored and that he can hold the other pension to sustain him and his wife and 12 children. He had the manor of the gift of the bishop of Bath and Wells, and his father and ancestors had held the manor, but it was taken into the king's hand at the last eyre of Shropshire.
Nature of endorsement
The land was replevied until this parliament, thus that in the meantime he should show the charter of the king [...] now attested that that land was the king's sergeanty, as before the justices in eyre it was accounted to be transformed into knight service, therefore if has the charter he should show it to the treasurer as he has been told before.
Places mentioned
Langley, [Shropshire].
People mentioned
Robert Burnel (Burnell), Bishop of Bath and Wells.
Note
The petition is dated to? c. 1292 on the basis of the discussion detailed by the Rev. R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. VI, p.144.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682661/

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