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Prisoners in Nottingham gaol. King and council. The prisoners in Nottingham gaol...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/65/3213

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This record is about the Prisoners in Nottingham gaol. King and council. The prisoners in Nottingham gaol... dating from [c. 1318] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/65/3213
Date
[c. 1318]
Description
Petitioners
Prisoners in Nottingham gaol.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The prisoners in Nottingham gaol request a commission of gaol delivery, as there are more than eighty of them and there has been no common deliverance during this eyre. They request as justices Richard de Willoughby and Richard de Whatton.
Nature of endorsement
Justices will be appointed there and elsewhere throughout England to deliver the gaols.
Places mentioned
Nottingham, [Nottinghamshire].
People mentioned
Richard de Wilughby (Willoughby), justice
Richard de Whatton, justice.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5997
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106976/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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