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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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Richard Swift, the king's poor tenant of Leeds Swift Richard King and council The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/57/2820
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This record is about the Richard Swift, the king's poor tenant of Leeds Swift Richard King and council The... dating from [c. 1322-c. 1324] 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 8/57/2820
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1322-c. 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Swift, the king's poor tenant of Leeds
- Name(s)
- Swift, Richard
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The petitioner shows that he has been imprisoned for more than one year in the castle of Canterbury by the procurement of his enemies ... said to have received £7 in silver from the king's enemies who were in Leeds Castle ... and he asks to be heard by the gentlemen of Kent and by all those who were in Leeds Castle, who still ... the petitioner culpable of the indictment.
- Nature of endorsement
- The indictment is to be held in the presence of the king together with the body and there make justice.
- Places mentioned
- Leeds Castle, [Kent]
- Canterbury, [Kent]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable from internal references to the occupation of Leeds Castle.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/138/6859
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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 7797
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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/C9063040/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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