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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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Adam de Kyngeston of York, merchant de Kyngeston Adam King and council merchant The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/55/2734
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This record is about the Adam de Kyngeston of York, merchant de Kyngeston Adam King and council merchant The... dating from [? 1331] 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 8/55/2734
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Adam de Kyngeston of York, merchant
- Name(s)
- de Kyngeston, Adam
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- merchant
- Nature of request
- The petitioner asks the king to execute without delay decisions made by due process in chancery during the time of the king's father, when many writs were issued to various sheriffs to seize goods and chattels of the men of Flanders for robbery done to the petitioner on the sea to the value of £159. Execution was granted therein but has been delayed for twelve years.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram Rege. No seizures are to be made on account of this matter.
- Places mentioned
- Everwyk (York)
- Flanders
- People mentioned
- Edward II, King of England, the king's father
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition mentions process in the time of the king's father, which presumably relates to the material of 1319 in CCR 1318-23, p. 163; and it also states that there has been a lapse of twelve years, so it is tentatively dated here to 1331.
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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 4540
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.163 (earlier orders on the complaint of the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062952/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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