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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Hugh Kynson of Boxworth. Kynson Hugh King and council The petitioner seeks pardon...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/55/2742
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This record is about the Hugh Kynson of Boxworth. Kynson Hugh King and council The petitioner seeks pardon... dating from [1320] 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 8/55/2742
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh Kynson of Boxworth.
- Name(s)
- Kynson, Hugh
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks pardon for the killing in self-defence of Richard son of Richard. The petitioner was travelling on his horse from Cambridge market on the highway called Schirbrigg (near the field of Girton) on Martinmas last when he was attacked with a drawn sword and pursued up to a ditch which he could not pass in any way with his life, and in making his escape he killed Richard son of Richard.
- Nature of endorsement
- No day is to be assigned [concerning] this petition.
- Places mentioned
- Boxworth, [Cambridgeshire]
- Eltesle (Eltisley), [Cambridgeshire]
- Cauntebrigg (Cambridge), [Cambridgeshire]
- Gritton (Girton), [Cambridgeshire]
- People mentioned
- Richard [Musters], son of Richard called Musters of Eltisley
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly datable by reference to the pardon of the petitioner in CPR 1317-21, p. 508.
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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 4568
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.508 (resulting pardon)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062960/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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