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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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John de Balum. de Balum John [King and] council. [The petition is damaged with large...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/343/16184
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This record is about the John de Balum. de Balum John [King and] council. [The petition is damaged with large... dating from [c. 1295-1307] 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 8/343/16184
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1295-1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Balum.
- Name(s)
- de Balum, John
- Addressees
- [King and] council.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is damaged with large holes throughout the document].Balum complains of Mortimer who has had his ministers seize the petitioner's goods and had him imprisoned and prosecuted. Afterwards he was acquitted of the charge, and sued a writ for restoration of his lands and chattels to the sheriff of Hereford, and after he was put in seisin, the men of Mortimer came to his house and wounded him [...]. He requests remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Herefordshire
- Much Marcle, [Herefordshire].
- People mentioned
- Edmund Mortymer (Mortimer), minister of the king and warden [...] of the Marches.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1295-1307 for the petitioner seems to have been hanged for felony for felony in or before 1307 (CCR 1302-7, pp.489, 499).
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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)
- Chancery Unsorted Miscellanea (transferred 30 Oct. 1924).
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), pp.489, 499 (references to the hanging of the petitioner for felony)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736665/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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