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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert le Clerk, son of Robert le Clerk of Acton Burnell. Clerk Robert King [originally...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/325/E682
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/325/E682
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1294]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert le Clerk, son of Robert le Clerk of Acton Burnell.
- Name(s)
- Clerk, Robert
- Addressees
- King [originally addressed to Chancellor of the king but subsequently struck through].
- Nature of request
- Clerk requests grace and remedy so that he is not disinherited from his land in Acton Burnell by default of law. His father granted him land, mills and a fishery while he was still a minor, and on his father's death he and his land was given into the custody of Robert Burnell to maintain him, and after his death this was given to Philip Burnell. After Philip Burnell's death the land was taken into the king's hand, and because none of his near kinsmen challenged for his estate, the petitioner is ousted.
- Nature of endorsement
- At the Exchequer, and let it be viewed there whether he should have his sustenance from the bishop etc. And similarly let them examine there the inquisition returned of the lands and tenements of which Philip Burnell died seised, and let justice be done to the complainant just as the treasurer considers ought to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Acton Burnell, [Shropshire].
- People mentioned
- Robert le Clerk, father of the petitioner
- Robert Burnel (Burnell)
- Philip Burnel (Burnell).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1294 as the inquisition post mortem of Philip Burnell dates to June 1294 (CIPM, vol. III, nos.194-5).
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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)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. III, 20-28-Edw I, (Public Record Office, 1912), nos.194-5 (IPMs of Philip Burnell)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682676/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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