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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas .... Thomas Council of the prince. [The petition is damaged on its right-hand...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E1051
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This record is about the Thomas .... Thomas Council of the prince. [The petition is 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/E1051
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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
- Thomas ....
- Name(s)
- Thomas
- Addressees
- Council of the prince.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is damaged on its right-hand side, though the sense is pretty clear].The petitioner requests that letters are sent to the prince's auditors to discharge [him] and the provost of Lostwithiel of the surcharge beyond the high rent due from his lands. The petitioner was seised of certain lands in [...] but was ousted by the prince's ministers in Cornwall, and the land was afterwards let at farm at [...] beyond the high rent previously paid. Thomas sued for recovery, and after it was found that the petitioner had a good right he recovered the same, but the auditors finding 4s. charged on the account have caused the petitioner and provost to be surcharged, they having no warrant otherwise.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Cornwall
- Lostwithiel, [Cornwall].
- People mentioned
- [Edward of Woodstock], Prince [of Wales]
- Provost of Lostwithiel.
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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/C9683174/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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