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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Henry de Bisshebury, late sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire. de Bisshebury...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/331/15673
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This record is about the Henry de Bisshebury, late sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire. de Bisshebury... dating from [c. 1326] 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 8/331/15673
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1326]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry de Bisshebury, late sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire.
- Name(s)
- de Bisshebury, Henry
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Nature of request
- Bisshebury requests remedy because in the time of Henry III all the hundreds of Shropshire and Staffordshire were in the hand of the sheriff, who was charged £100 for their farms, yet now, although 9 hundreds have been granted to others and are no longer in his hand, he is still charged £100 for their farms.
- Nature of endorsement
- This petition should be sent to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to hear his complaint and do him justice, having regard for the statute made at Northampton.
- Places mentioned
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Northampton, [Northamptonshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry [III], King of England.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/297/14811
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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.31-51, no.11 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683084/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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