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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Crok (Crook), son of William Crok. Crok (Crook) William King and council...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/41/2026
What’s it about?
This record is about the William Crok (Crook), son of William Crok. Crok (Crook) William King and council... dating from [c. 1325] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/41/2026
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Crok (Crook), son of William Crok.
- Name(s)
- Crok (Crook), William
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Crok requests that the king will grant his letters to the abbot of Gloucester or another religious house to provide him with sustenance, and also to grant that he may conclude his suit, which attaint he has sued for 17 years in Gloucestershire against a false inquisition passed against him by a writ of formedon. His wife and children are reduced to begging and he is threatened with imprisonment.
- Nature of endorsement
- Whilst he is able to have letters of the king by his grace to conclude the suit mentioned in the petition, and of pardon of the imprisonment and ransom, and of whatever concerns the king, this is not to be made to the prejudice of the parties.
- Places mentioned
- Gloucestershire.
- People mentioned
- Abbot of Gloucester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The basis of the date of c. 1325, which is given on the guard of the petition, is a reference to the petitioner in a suit in the Bench. It is not at all clear that this has any direct relevance to this petition so that the date is questionable (CCR 1323-7, p.507). However, no other evidence to confirm this date is available.
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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 1368
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062232/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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