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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Saint Johan (St John). de Saint Johan (St John) John King. John de St John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/341/16070
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This record is about the John de Saint Johan (St John). de Saint Johan (St John) John King. John de St John... dating from [1307] 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 8/341/16070
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Saint Johan (St John).
- Name(s)
- de Saint Johan (St John), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- John de St John requests letters to Hugh le Despenser, Justice of the Forest, to allow him to enjoy his park within his manor of Sherborne in the county of Hampshire, which his father enclosed by the king's grace, and for which he has his charter.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king has ordered Hugh le Despenser that if any parks have been made since the time of the disafforestation of the forests until now, then, since that disafforestation and perambulation of the forests has been annulled, the parks made in this way are to be completely annulled.
- Places mentioned
- Sherborne, Hampshire.
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser, Justice of the Forest
- John de Saint Johan (St John), father of John de Saint Johan.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A Latin summary of this petition is found in the records of the Hilary 1307 parliament appearing in the Vetus Codex (Rot. Parl. vol. I, p.201a (no.60)).
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.201a (no.60) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736551/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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