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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
Item
? No Petitioner named Copy of a writ of Edward II to the sheriff of Devon commanding...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/325/E671
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Copy of a writ of Edward II to the sheriff of Devon commanding... dating from 1317 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 8/325/E671
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1317
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Copy of a writ of Edward II to the sheriff of Devon commanding him to distrain Monthermer by all his lands and chattels to appear before the council at Westminster in the quindene of Trinity next with his charter to do and receive what the court considers ought to be done concerning the service of attendance at Hugh de Courtenay's court of Plympton which Fitz John and his ancestors had done, and Monthermer had withdrawn. He had been ordered to appear earlier, but had not done so.
- Nature of endorsement
- Ralph de Monthermer is distrained and mainprised by Thomas atte Burwe and John atte Burwe before you at the day contained in the writ according to the form of the writ. And the issues of Monthermer are 20s.
- Places mentioned
- Stokenham, [Devon]
- Windsor, [Berkshire]
- Westminster
- Plympton, [Devon].
- People mentioned
- Edward II, King of England
- Sheriff of Devon
- Ralph de Monte Hermer (Monthermer)
- Hugh de Courtenay
- Matthew Fitz John
- John Cadia
- Roger Cokeswall
- Thomas atte Burwe
- John atte Burwe.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The writ is dated in its dating clause to 3 May 1317.
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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/C9682665/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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