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John [Wardeden], son of Richard Wardeden of Bodiam; John de Boxhurst of Sandhurst....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/15/749
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This record is about the John [Wardeden], son of Richard Wardeden of Bodiam; John de Boxhurst of Sandhurst.... dating from [1346] 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 8/15/749
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1346]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John [Wardeden], son of Richard Wardeden of Bodiam; John de Boxhurst of Sandhurst.
- Name(s)
- Wardeden; de Boxhurst, John; John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Places mentioned
- Bodiam, Sussex
- Sandhurst, Kent.
- Nature of request
- Wardeden and Boxhurst state that whereas by the common law no one can be taken or their goods seized into the king's hand if it isn't done for a rightful reason. However the king has ordered by his writs to certain people of taking them, and seizing their lands and chattels into the king's hand because of information given by certain mortal enemies of the petitioners accusing them of being in conspiracy with enemies overseas of which they are by no means culpable which they wish the king will enquire of in all the ways he will ordain. They request remedy, otherwise in such case any man can be destroyed by his enemies.
- Nature of endorsement
- At what time they will wish to submit and surrender themselves to the law, they should have answers according to the law.
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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 8566
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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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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1346-1349, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.154 (writ to the king's sergeant at arms and the sheriff of Kent to supersede the taking of the petitioners, delivering them by a mainprise) & p.166 (memorandum whereby the petitioners are allowed to go without a day)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.396a (no.102) (full edition of original petition)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060890/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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