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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 de Skeryngton; John de Skeryngton, son of John de Skeryngton. de Skeryngton;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/74/3689
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This record is about the John de Skeryngton; John de Skeryngton, son of John de Skeryngton. de Skeryngton;... dating from [c. 1325-c. 1350] 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 8/74/3689
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Skeryngton; John de Skeryngton, son of John de Skeryngton.
- Name(s)
- de Skeryngton; de Skeryngton, John; John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request remedy as they and others were appealed by an approver in the gaol of Nottingham of a robbery made in Bokenhammore in Suffolk though no such place can be found as is attested by the sheriff of Suffolk before the justices of gaol delivery at Nottingham, and they reside in prison, the approver making the appeal because he was judged to death.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let a writ be ordered to the justices of delivery that they order a writ to the sheriff of Suffolk, that he make jurors from the people of the county come for the deliverance of the petitioners notwithstanding that the sheriff has returned to the justices before this time, that there was not any such place in his bailiwick.
- Places mentioned
- Nottingham, [Nottinghamshire]
- Bokenhammore [unidentified]
- Suffolk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively assigned to the second quarter of the fourteenth century on the basis of the hand and the French endorsement.
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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 7290
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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/C9107463/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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