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Henry Nanfan (Nanfen), keeper of the prince's fees in Cornwall and Devon, and farmer...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E1086

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This record is about the Henry Nanfan (Nanfen), keeper of the prince's fees in Cornwall and Devon, and farmer... dating from [1375-1376] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/333/E1086
Date
[1375-1376]
Description
Petitioners
Henry Nanfan (Nanfen), keeper of the prince's fees in Cornwall and Devon, and farmer of the bailiwick called 'Shirebaillie' of Penwith.
Name(s)
Nanfan (Nanfen), Henry
Addressees
Council of the prince.
Occupation
keeper of the prince's fees in Cornwall and Devon
Nature of request
Nanfan requests that he be granted that he can pay the arrears of £27 6s 8d on his account in instalments over five and a half years for his 26 years service. The arrears are for the bailiwick called 'Shirebaillie' of Penwith as he is pursued and distrained to pay the prince's receiver in Cornwall to the ruin of Nanfan's estate, but the arrears are the result of the insufficiency of the petitioner's under-bailiff.
Nature of endorsement
The petitioner should have instalments of the sum, paying 100s. per annum at the terms of Michaelmas and Easter by equal portions until the sum of £27 6s 8d be paid, and this because it is attested before the council because the petitioner has lost the sum by the negligence and insufficiency of his under-bailiff. And upon this let writings be made to the auditors and receiver of Cornwall that of the arrears at the next time that he renders his account that they should make instalments as above.
Places mentioned
Devon
Cornwall
Penwith, [Cornwall].
People mentioned
[Edward of Woodstock], Prince [of Wales].
Note
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.
Related material

For another petition referring to the petitioner, see SC 8/333/E1024

For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/333/E999

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683209/

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