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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
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John de Fresingfeld (Fressingfield). de Fresingfeld (Fressingfield) John [None specified]....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/327/E843
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This record is about the John de Fresingfeld (Fressingfield). de Fresingfeld (Fressingfield) John [None specified].... dating from [1312] 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/E843
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1312]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Fresingfeld (Fressingfield).
- Name(s)
- de Fresingfeld (Fressingfield), John
- Addressees
- [None specified].
- Nature of request
- Fresingfeld requests remedy as he came to the parliament by command of the king and was attached by the bailiff of the abbot of Westminster by horse and harness at the suit of Ely for debt.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Tothill, [Westminster].
- People mentioned
- Abbot of Westminster
- Adam de Ely.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1312 in part on the dating ascribed to this petition by Sayles who placed it in the parliament held at Westminster on 20 August 1312 (Sayles, Functions, p. 308), and also from writs summoning the petitioner to parliaments in 1312 and 1313 (Parliamentary Writs, II, Div. II, pp. 76, 81, 102).
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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)
- The Functions of the Medieval Parliament of England, G.O. Sayles, (Hambledon Press, 1988), p.308 (no. iii) (English summary of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682838/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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