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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Seelk. Seelk John King. Seelk requests that a remedy or some other solution...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/73/3650
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This record is about the John Seelk. Seelk John King. Seelk requests that a remedy or some other solution... dating from [c. 1327-c. 1330] 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 8/73/3650
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327-c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Seelk.
- Name(s)
- Seelk, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Seelk requests that a remedy or some other solution is ordered for him as he and his wife were disseised and ejected from their free tenement in Bristol by Babbekary. They sued by writ at the common law against Babbekary, whereupon he and others procured a false indictment against him, and when he pursued his case he was imprisoned until he made a release to Babbekary. He was subsequently delivered before the justices for this false indictment.
- Nature of endorsement
- Concerning the release of his land made by force of imprisonment he should sue at the common law. And concerning the release that was put against him, he should aid himself by the response that he was in their prison at the making. And concerning the indictment, he should a writ of conspiracy.
- Places mentioned
- Bristol.
- People mentioned
- Henry Babbekary (Babcary)
- Joan [Seelk], wife of the petitioner
- William le Haukere
- Gilbert Pokerel.
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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 7216
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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/C9107424/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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