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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Men of the town of Boothby. King and council. The men of the town of Boothby, tenants...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/331/15653
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This record is about the Men of the town of Boothby. King and council. The men of the town of Boothby, tenants... dating from [1328-1329] 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 8/331/15653
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1328-1329]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Men of the town of Boothby.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The men of the town of Boothby, tenants of the King and the Earl of Lancaster, request remedy because for the past three years the constable of Somerton castle has prevented them from using their common pasture.
- Nature of endorsement
- Friskeney and Malberthorp should be assigned to enquire in the presence of Ros into who holds that castle to his use by the King's commission and that it be testified before the King's council if the men of Boothby had common pasture in his father's time or if they were disseised as is supposed in the petition, and by whom, when and why etc. and certify the King.
- Places mentioned
- Boothby (Boothby Graffoe), [Lincolnshire]
- Somerton, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- [Henry], Earl of Lancaster
- Walter de Friskeney
- Robert de Malberthorp
- John de Ros.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1328-9 in PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp. 13-30, no.38.
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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 Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp.13-30, no.38 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683064/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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