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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Longe of Dover. Longe Richard King. The petitioner asks for letters to the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/58/2862
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This record is about the Richard Longe of Dover. Longe Richard King. The petitioner asks for letters to the... dating from [? 1325-? 1350] 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 8/58/2862
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1325-? 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Longe of Dover.
- Name(s)
- Longe, Richard
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner asks for letters to the Constable of Dover (or his lieutenant) that he should have peace and a remedy according to law and reason. He shows that he was (and still is) in the king's service when William Hurtin and his allies came and assaulted, battered and ill-treated him in spite of the king, and disrupted his service against the peace and to his great harm.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let him have a writ to the constable that he has justice, and let him have a writ of peace if he wishes.
- Places mentioned
- Dover, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- William Hurtin
- Constable of Dover.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- No positive context has been established for this petition. The notes on the guard suggest? Edward II-Edward III, with reference to William Hurtin. The hand seems to place the petition before the middle of the fourteenth century, and a notional date of the second quarter of the century is suggested here.
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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 4878
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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/C9063082/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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