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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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John Swan, Vicar of St Paul's, Malmesbury. Swan John Council. Vicar of St Paul's,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/72/3558
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This record is about the John Swan, Vicar of St Paul's, Malmesbury. Swan John Council. Vicar of St Paul's,... dating from [1378] 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 8/72/3558
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Swan, Vicar of St Paul's, Malmesbury.
- Name(s)
- Swan, John
- Addressees
- Council.
- Occupation
- Vicar of St Paul's, Malmesbury
- Nature of request
- Swan requests licence to go to the court of Rome for certain things.
- Nature of endorsement
- . . . his suit, but no other thing, and he is to have a writ of passage in the due form, and 40s. for his expenses.
- Places mentioned
- Malmesbury, [Wiltshire]
- Rome, [Italy].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition can be dated to 1378 as a passport was granted to the petitioner on 20 June 1378 (CCR 1377-81, p.528)
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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 7781
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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 Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), p.528 (grant of a passport to the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107332/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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