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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 8/75/3738
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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 8/75/3738
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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 in Common Bench against the Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England concerning an annuity which is in arrears to him for eight years and more, but without success, as the result of the favour of the King's ministers. He asks that a remedy might be ordained in such a case, for God and for the common profit of the realm. He states that he has sued to the justices for the averment of the issues in Middlesex, according to the statute, and that they have done nothing, and asks that they might be told to hold inquisitions into the people who come before them in assizes according to the statute, for the King's advantage and William's.
- Nature of endorsement
- The justices of Common Bench are to be ordered to institute an inquiry according to the form of the statute, into whether they are waiting for the averment, and this by good and loyal people who are not suspected; and they are to do swift justice to him.
- Places mentioned
- Middlesex.
- People mentioned
- The 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 before SC 8/75/3736.
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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 later, is SC 8/75/3736
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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 7947
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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/C9107512/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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