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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Adam Lanark. Lanark Adam King. The petitioner seeks confirmation of his office as...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/56/2779
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This record is about the Adam Lanark. Lanark Adam King. The petitioner seeks confirmation of his office as... dating from [c. 1332] 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 8/56/2779
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Adam Lanark.
- Name(s)
- Lanark, Adam
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks confirmation of his office as gatekeeper of York Castle made under the privy seal, because one Henry Miles produced a letter in court suggesting that a knight of the lord king's special grace was required in the office, contrary to the tenor of the petitioner's appointment. The king's father and grandfather appointed the petitioner to the same office.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram Rege.Let this petition be delivered to Richard de Bury that the face is shown to the king, who will make his ruling on [an appointed] day.
- Places mentioned
- York.
- People mentioned
- Henry Miles
- Richard de Bury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable with reference to CPR 1330-4, p. 378, which seems to suggest that Lanark would have been responding to an intrusion by Miles (authorized by the crown) into the relevant office.
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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 4737
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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/C9062997/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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