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John Darcy, knight. Darcy John Commons of parliament. John Darcy, knight, asks the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/22/1089
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/22/1089
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Darcy, knight.
- Name(s)
- Darcy, John
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Nature of request
- John Darcy, knight, asks the commons to ask the king that a long-running dispute between his family and the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England, concerning the manors of Temple Hirst and Temple Newsam, formerly belonging to the Templars and given to his grandfather by Edward III, in the seventh year of his reign, might be determined in parliament, as great wrongs could come about if it was tried by inquest, and so that the evidence which he has shown, for the king's right and his own, might be fully made clear before all the lords of the present parliament.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king has delivered this petition to the Chancellor of England, so that he, calling to himself in Chancery the Justices, and having heard the parties mentioned in this petition, might examine the matter fully, and have a report on it sent back to the king.
- Places mentioned
- Temple Hirst, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
- Temple Newsam, [West Riding of] Yorkshire
- Oxfordshire
- London.
- People mentioned
- Edward III, King of England
- John Darcy 'le Cosyn', grandfather of petitioner
- Philip Darcy, father of petitioner
- Prior of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England
- [John of Gaunt], Duke of Lancaster
- Richard [II], King of England
- Henry Crounale, Brother of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England
- Thomas Archar (Archer), Prior of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Rot. Parl. vol. III, p.517a-2b (no. 14) to 4 Henry IV (30 September 1402 - 29 September 1403). It is clear from the petition that it was presented in parliament, and the parliament that year was held from September - November 1402.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Another petition concerning the same lands, from John's father Philip, is SC 8/19/925
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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 974
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.517a-b (no.14) (full edition of original petition, or of later copy)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061255/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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