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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Daumary (Damory), late sheriff of Berkshire. Daumary (Damory) Richard King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/327/E834
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This record is about the Richard Daumary (Damory), late sheriff of Berkshire. Daumary (Damory) Richard King... dating from [c. 1311] 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 8/327/E834
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1311]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Daumary (Damory), late sheriff of Berkshire.
- Name(s)
- Daumary (Damory), Richard
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- sheriff of Berkshire
- Nature of request
- Daumary requests remedy as sheriffs of the county used to collect annually rents called 'hidage' and 'wartshelver' from certain vills of the earl of Lancaster in aid of their farm, but the late king enfranchised them so that the sheriff cannot enter them to collect the rent, and the earl's bailiffs collect the rent to the earl's use, and the sheriff cannot have allowance for this from the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Berkshire.
- People mentioned
- Earl of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1311 as the petitioner held the office of sheriff of Oxfordshire and Berkshire until February 1311 (List of Sheriffs, p. 107). In addition, an order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to discharge the petitioner of a certain sum, though not perhaps the sum mentioned in the petition dates to 10 July 1311 (CCR 1307-13, p. 365).
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.365 (order to discharge the petitioner of a certain sum)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682829/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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