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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Farnell, late of Newsholme, alias Thomas Forster Farnell; Forster Thomas;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/27/1334
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/27/1334
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1473
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Farnell, late of Newsholme, alias Thomas Forster
- Name(s)
- Farnell; Forster, Thomas; Thomas
- Addressees
- Commons
- Nature of request
- Thomas Farnell of Newsholme in Yorkshire, otherwise called Thomas Forster, states that Katherine, widow of Richard Williamson, had sued a bill claiming that, on 1 October 1472 at Hemingbrough, Robert, Richard and John Farnell (alias Forster), the sons of Thomas, attacked and killed her husband, and stole weapons from him. Thomas had then harboured them at his house, for which he was committed to York Gaol, before being moved to Newgate prison to await trial before the King's Bench. Thomas asks that, due to his great age, he be granted bail upon reasonable surety.
- Nature of endorsement
- This should be granted.
- Places mentioned
- Newsom by Hoveden (Newsholme), [East Riding of] Yorkshire
- Hoveden (Howden), [East Riding of] Yorkshire
- Hemingbrough, [East Riding of] Yorkshire
- York
- Newgate Prison, [London]
- London
- Middlesex
- People mentioned
- Katherine [Williamson], widow of Richard Williamson
- Richard Williamson, late husband of Katherine [Williamson]
- Robert Farnell of Newsholme, alias Robert Forster, son of the petitioner
- Richard Farnell of Newsholme, alias Richard Forster, son of the petitioner
- John Farnell of Newsholme, alias John Forster, son of the petitioner
- sheriff of Yorkshire
- gaoler of York Gaol
- [Robert Stillington], Chancellor of England
- [Edward IV], King of England
- sheriffs of London and Middlesex
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the dorse to 8 February 1473, agreeing with Rot. Parl. Vol. VI, p.51a.
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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 3456
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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. VI, Edw IV, Ric III and Hen VII, (Record Commission, 1783), p.51a (full edition of petition and response)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061513/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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