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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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Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. King. Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/342/16115
What’s it about?
This record is about the Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. King. Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire... dating from [? c. 1275-? c. 1300] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/342/16115
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1275-? c. 1300]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
- Nature of request
- [The petition is damaged and in parts illegible].1) The sheriff requests that the king will grant him £20 per annum for the custody of the wapentakes of Wirksworth and Ashbourne as other keepers were accustomed to have for the custody.2) The sheriff requests the custody of the castle of Horsley with the soke of Horsley as he does not have a receipt in Derbyshire.3) He requests a writ to correct gorces and to amove kiddles and take amends4) He requests a writ to the people and the burgesses of Derby for the king's men of Ashbourne that they are able to sell fresh leather and to cut new cloth in the market of Derby for his toll.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Wirksworth, [Derbyshire]
- Ashbourne, [Derbyshire]
- Harstan Castle (Horsley Castle), [Derbyshire]
- Horsley soke, [Derbyshire]
- Derby, [Derbyshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to? c. 1275-? C. 1300 on the basis of the hand.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Unsorted Miscellanea (transferred 7/12/1922).
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9736596/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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