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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Banastre of Bouk. Banastre John King and council. John Banastre of Bouk states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/7/328
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This record is about the John Banastre of Bouk. Banastre John King and council. John Banastre of Bouk states... dating from [1322] 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 8/7/328
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Banastre of Bouk.
- Name(s)
- Banastre, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- John Banastre of Bouk states that when Adam Banastre and Henry du Lee were taken and put to death by Thomas, late earl of Lancaster, various people of Lancashire who were maintained by the earl took and carried off his goods and chattels, to the value of one hundred pounds; and he could have no remedy for this in the earl's lifetime. He requests that the king grant a commission to certain people of the country to enquire into this seizure and to do what is right for him.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to have a writ against the trespassers.
- Places mentioned
- Bouk [unidentified], [Lancashire]
- Lancashire.
- People mentioned
- Adam Banastre
- Henry du Lee
- Thomas [of Lancaster], earl of Lancaster
- People of Lancashire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- One of a collection of petitions published on pages 387ff of Rot. Parl., vol I., which all seem to date from around 1322. This dating is confirmed by PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp. 387-415, which dates these petitions to 15 or 16 Edward II (1321-1323).
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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)
- Parliamentary Petition 516
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.414b, no. 160 (full edition of original petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl. vol, I, pp. 387-415, no. 160 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060451/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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