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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Trevarthan. Trevarthan John Council of the prince. [The petition is damaged...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E1034
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This record is about the John Trevarthan. Trevarthan John Council of the prince. [The petition is damaged... 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/E1034
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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
- John Trevarthan.
- Name(s)
- Trevarthan, John
- Addressees
- Council of the prince.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is damaged on its right-hand side, though the much of the sense is clear].Trevarthan requests [...] that Botreaux, Sergens and Richard Eyr [be commanded] to suffer the petitioner to [hold the lands late of Trembethou and Brofframan] in Trembethow, as Trembathou enfeoffed Brofframan to hold the land for his life, and after his death to remain to Trembethou and his heirs of his body, and should they die without heirs of their body then the same should revert to the petitioner which it did. Trevarthan has been peacefully seised of the same for 12 years and more until Richard E... claimed the same as kinsman and heir to Trembethou by the aid of the sheriff whose kinswoman he had married, and has attempted to recover the same.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Two endorsements, one simply being the petitioner's surname, and the other being largely illegible].
- Places mentioned
- Trembethow, [Cornwall].
- People mentioned
- [Edward of Woodstock], Prince [of Wales]
- William Trembethou (Trembethow)
- John Brofframan
- Richard Eyr
- [...] Botraux (Botreaux)
- John Sergens.
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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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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/C9683157/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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