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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Lewis (Louis) John of Horndon, esquire. John Lewis (Louis) Commons in parliament....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/25/1237
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This record is about the Lewis (Louis) John of Horndon, esquire. John Lewis (Louis) Commons in parliament.... dating from [1431] 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 8/25/1237
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1431]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Lewis (Louis) John of Horndon, esquire.
- Name(s)
- John, Lewis (Louis)
- Addressees
- Commons in parliament.
- Nature of request
- Lewis John of Horndon states that Lewis John of Fowey was outlawed by an action of debt at the suit of Haweley, and that he is in great fear being vexed and troubled by the escheators and other officers of the king because he shares the same name as the outlaw. He requests that it be ordained that he should not be vexed in his person, lands and tenements, goods or chattels because of the outlawry, and that he be quit and discharged of the outlawry and of all manner of vexations, and that the chancellor issue writs to the officers discharging him of the outlawry.
- Nature of endorsement
- The response appears in the roll.
- Places mentioned
- Thorndon (Horndon), Essex
- Fowey, [Cornwall]
- Westminster
- Dartmouth, [Devon]
- Exeter, [Devon].
- People mentioned
- Lewis (Louis) John of Fowey, shipman
- John Haweley of Dartmouth.
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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 8125
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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 Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. II, 1429-1436, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.114 (order that Louis John of Horndon should not be prejudiced by outlawry as he is not the same person as Louis John of Fowey)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.372a (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061411/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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