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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 Robert, tenant of the prince. Robert Richard Chancellor of the prince and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/345/E1354
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This record is about the Richard Robert, tenant of the prince. Robert Richard Chancellor of the prince and... dating from [1471-1483] 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 8/345/E1354
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1471-1483]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Robert, tenant of the prince.
- Name(s)
- Robert, Richard
- Addressees
- Chancellor of the prince and others of his commissioners.
- Nature of request
- Robert shows that Menhir has wrongfully, untruly and of pure malice, without cause has sued and troubled the petitioner in the Archbishop of Canterbury's court upon a cause of defamation to the great cost and impoverishment of the petitioner. Robert has made his purgation of the defamation according to the special law in the bishop of Exeter's court , but notwithstanding this, Menhir daily sues and brings down citations of the Archbishop's court against the petitioner insomuch that he may not labour to pay his rent to the prince, nor occupy his tenancy without a convenient remedy provided by the chancellor and commissioners. Robert requests remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Launceston.Richard Robert against Nicholas Menhyr.A letter has been sent.The defendant did not appear.
- Places mentioned
- Lenkynhorn (Linkinhorne), [Cornwall]
- Launceston, [Cornwall].
- People mentioned
- [Edward Plantagenet], prince [of Wales]
- Nicholas Menhir of the parish of Linkinhorne
- Archbishop of Canterbury
- Bishop of Exeter.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1471-1483 because the petition is addressed to the chancellor of the prince and his commissioners.
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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 of the Exchequer (transferred July 1932).
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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)
- English
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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/C9736775/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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