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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Tenants of Cottingham. Princess. [The petition is badly damaged on its right-hand...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E1025
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This record is about the Tenants of Cottingham. Princess. [The petition is badly damaged on its right-hand... dating from [1375-1376] 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 8/333/E1025
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1375-1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tenants of Cottingham.
- Addressees
- Princess.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged on its right-hand side, though the sense is pretty clear].The tenants request that the prince's council [will command] the parson of Cottingham to desist from his grievous distresses, [and that they can hold their lands and tenements] according to their ancient customs. It was found by an inquisition that the tenants held their tenements by [...] or making fines for each alienation of their lands or tenements [and are able to] alienate or sell them without paying a relief, but the parson claims they hold at will and makes grievous distraints upon them contrary to what was found by the inquisition.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Cottingham, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- [Joan of Kent], Princess of Wales
- [Edward of Woodstock], Prince [of Wales]
- Parson of Cottingham
- Roger de Fulthorp.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1375-1376 as it comes from an original file of petitions addressed to the Black Prince and or his council dating to those years.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a final concord that was possibly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/333/E1028
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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/C9683148/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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