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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Ruston, vicar of the church of Our Lady of Scarborough. de Ruston John King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/71/3521
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This record is about the John de Ruston, vicar of the church of Our Lady of Scarborough. de Ruston John King... dating from [1337] 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 8/71/3521
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Ruston, vicar of the church of Our Lady of Scarborough.
- Name(s)
- de Ruston, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- vicar of the church of Our Lady of Scarborough
- Nature of request
- The petitioner requests that certain people be assigned to enquire of his right in a house in the town of Scarborough, and that the escheator be ordered to certify the reason of the taking of the house into the king's hand, and that right be done to him. The house was given to the commonalty and was assigned to the use of the vicar in times past before the statute of mortmain but has been taken into the king's hand.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let a writ be ordered to the escheator that he enquire of the matters alleged in the petition and return this thing in Chancery, and let right be done.
- Places mentioned
- Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Roger Pepir
- John de Rolleston
- Talifer de Tile (Tilliol).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition can be dated to 1337 as an inquisition was held in the matter 13 June 1337 (CIM 1307-49, no.1572).
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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 7340
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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 Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1572 (inquisition into the events)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107295/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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