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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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Richard de Helston, knight. de Helston Richard Earl of Cornwall and king's council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/339/15974
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This record is about the Richard de Helston, knight. de Helston Richard Earl of Cornwall and king's council.... dating from [1279-1289] 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 8/339/15974
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1279-1289]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard de Helston, knight.
- Name(s)
- de Helston, Richard
- Addressees
- Earl of Cornwall and king's council.
- Nature of request
- Richard de Helston [?] states that he is appealed before the king's justices of his Bench to harass him by imprisonment at Corbereye, although he is not guilty. He asks that the matter might be inquired into by a good jury, and that in the meantime he might be released on mainprise.
- Nature of endorsement
- Nothing because the petition is unjust.
- Places mentioned
- Corbereye [unidentified].
- People mentioned
- [Edmund of Almaine], Earl of Cornwall.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The address would seem to date this petition to May-June 1279, or, more probably, May 1286-August 1289, when Edmund of Almaine, Earl of Cornwall, was regent of England.
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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/C9736455/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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