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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Paunfeld. Paunfeld Thomas Lords and commons in parliament. The first half...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/23/1143A
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/23/1143A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1414]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Paunfeld.
- Name(s)
- Paunfeld, Thomas
- Addressees
- Lords and commons in parliament.
- Nature of request
- The first half of a lengthy bill from Thomas Paunfeld making various complaints against the Prior and convent of Barnwell, firstly on his own behalf, asking for judgment in this parliament on the matter of his outlawry, which he claims is unlawful, and also putting forward the grievances of the king's tenants of Chesterton against the Prior and canons, who claim that they are their bondsmen, while they claim to be the king's free tenants, and asking for a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Chesterton, [Cambridgeshire]
- Westminster
- Bernewelle (Barnwell), [Cambridgeshire]
- Kings Langley, [Hertfordshire]
- London.
- People mentioned
- John Cokayn, justice
- the Prior and canons of Barnwell
- William Hankford, justice
- the king's tenants of Chesterton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Rot. Parl. vol. IV, p.56b (no.5), assigns this petition to 1414, and most of the surrounding petitions that can be dated seem to be from that year.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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An associated petition in French is SC 8/23/1141
The second half of this petition is SC 8/23/1143B
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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 1069
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.57a-61b (no.5) (full edition of original petition and of SC 8/23/1143B)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061310/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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