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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Gouke. Gouke Robert King and council. Gouke requests that Shareshull be commanded...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/74/3677
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/74/3677
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Gouke.
- Name(s)
- Gouke, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Gouke requests that Shareshull be commanded by letters that he grant a nisi prius against Seton in a plea pending before them between the king and Gouke, kinsman of Thomas Gouke, that they are to inquire whether Thomas Gouke died before 19 April 1350 at which day an outlawry was pronounced against Thomas Gouke for many felonies by which a messuage of Thomas Gouke was taken into the king's hand to Gouke's disinheritance.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should have a writ to justices to grant the nisi prius of to take the inquisition in the country though they are not to go to judgement without consulting the king.
- Places mentioned
- Boston, [Lincolnshire]
- Lincoln, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- William de Shareshull, Justice of Pleas
- Thomas de Seton
- Thomas Gouke of Boston.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition itself refers to April 1350, and must date from shortly thereafter. William Shareshull was promoted to chief justice of king's bench in October 1350, but is not named as such in the petition.
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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 7427
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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/C9107451/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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