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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Meriet (Merriott). de Meriet (Merriott) John King and council. Meriet requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/328/E891
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This record is about the John de Meriet (Merriott). de Meriet (Merriott) John King and council. Meriet requests... dating from [c. 1295-c. 1300] 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 8/328/E891
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1295-c. 1300]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Meriet (Merriott).
- Name(s)
- de Meriet (Merriott), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Meriet requests grace and that he is able to make a fine and have the liberties of amendment of the breaking of the assize of bread and ale, waif and strays and view of frankpledge in the manors of Merriott and Lopen as his ancestors had them, or that he can render the 40s for them per annum. His father held them until the coming of the last eyre when they were taken into the king's hand because of a bad voucher by his father's attorney. They have remained in the king's hand since unchallenged because of the death of the petitioner's father and because of the petitioner's minority.
- Nature of endorsement
- The record of the justices should be brought and let them be shown to the king.
- Places mentioned
- Merriott, Somerset
- Grant Lopene (Lopen), Somerset.
- People mentioned
- John Meryet (Merriott), father of the petitioner
- Saloman (Solomon) de Roucestre (Rochester), justice in eyre.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1295-c. 1300 in part on the hand, but also because the petition refers to the right being lost in the last eyre, and the last eyre in Somerset was in 1280 (Records of the General Eyre, p. 52). The petition also refers to the petition being delayed because of the death of the petitioner's father, and his own minority, and the petitioner's wardship was granted to Robert Fitz John on 16 July 1285, and the petitioner was active from 1295 onwards (CPR 1281-92, p. 184; CPR 1292-1301, p.169).
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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/C9682886/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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