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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Thorntoft. de Thorntoft William King and council. William de Thorntoft...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/75/3736
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This record is about the William de Thorntoft. de Thorntoft William King and council. William de Thorntoft... 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 8/75/3736
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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
- William de Thorntoft.
- Name(s)
- de Thorntoft, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- William de Thorntoft states that he has sued against the Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England concerning an annuity, which is in arrears to him for nine years and more, but without success, as the result of the favour of the King's ministers. He asks that the justices of King's Bench might take the inquisition into the issues of the people who come before them in assizes or in inquisitions, and that a remedy might be ordained for such long processes in such writs or in writs of debt, for him and for the common profit of the realm.
- Nature of endorsement
- A law has been ordained for this case: he is to sue if he wishes to.The justices of the Bench are to be ordered by a writ containing the effect of this petition and the form of the statute to take the averment [into] the issues by people who come before them in assizes or [inquisitions].
- Places mentioned
- Middlesex.
- People mentioned
- Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitallers) in England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the basis of the hand to the second quarter of the fourteenth century; this petition must date from a year later than SC 8/75/3738.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Another petition on the same subject, delivered a year earlier, is SC 8/75/3738
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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 7971
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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/C9107510/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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