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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Hexte, poor tenant of the forest of Dartmoor; Roger ...; William Burgeis...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E1035
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This record is about the William Hexte, poor tenant of the forest of Dartmoor; Roger ...; William Burgeis... 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/E1035
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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
- William Hexte, poor tenant of the forest of Dartmoor; Roger ...; William Burgeis (Burgess); Roger de Cadetre, tenant and tinner.
- Name(s)
- Hexte; Burgeis (Burgess); de Cadetre, William; Roger; William; Roger
- Addressees
- Council of the prince.
- Occupation
- tenant and tinner
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged on its right-hand side, and it is difficult to recover much sense from the second and third parts, the third part being almost entirely lost].1) A series of complaints by Hexte, [...] and Burgeis concerning the forceful seizure and driving away of their livestock by Pomeray and others, and the extraction of fines from the petitioners.2) Petition by Cadetre complaining again probably of the seizure of his livestock by Pomeray.3) [Sense no longer recoverable].
- Nature of endorsement
- [...] in destitution of the tenants of the prince.
- Places mentioned
- Dartmoor, [Devon]
- Ashburton, [Devon]
- Exeter, [Devon]
- Carneford, [unidentified].
- People mentioned
- Giles [...]
- William Pomerey (Pomeray)
- William Burgeis (Burgess)
- Roger Malgre.
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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/C9683158/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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