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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Stafford, chaplain. Stafford Thomas King and council. chaplain Stafford requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/72/3579
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This record is about the Thomas Stafford, chaplain. Stafford Thomas King and council. chaplain Stafford requests... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/72/3579
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Stafford, chaplain.
- Name(s)
- Stafford, Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- chaplain
- Nature of request
- Stafford requests that enquiry be made whether he is culpable of receiving a poor man who claimed to be the late king for which he was attached and imprisoned by Burgherssh, and is still detained, and that law and reason be done to him as he is on the point of death.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.2) Let it be ordered to the constable that he bring his body before the king, and the justices assigned to hold the pleas of the king are to do justice to him.
- Places mentioned
- Wengham (Wingham) [Kent]
- Dover, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- Bartholomew de Burghesshe (Burgherssh), Constable of Dover.
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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 7321
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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/C9107353/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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