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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Nicholas Torny. Torny Nicholas King and council. Nicholas Torny states that William...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/76/3780
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/76/3780
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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
- Nicholas Torny.
- Name(s)
- Torny, Nicholas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Nicholas Torny states that William Pynder, who feloniously killed his brother on the Wednesday in Easter week last, and was captured and imprisoned for this death, first in York gaol, and then in the Marshalsea, has now purchased a charter of pardon, on the false claim that he was at Berwick, whereas he was in York gaol at the time. Nicholas asks that he might be able to aver on the King's behalf that he was imprisoned in York gaol as he says.
- Nature of endorsement
- The justices are sufficiently advised as to what they ought to do in this case.
- Places mentioned
- Calveton [unidentified]
- York
- Marshalsea prison, [Southwark, Surrey]
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- William Pynder of Calveton
- Peter Torny, brother of petitioner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated impressionistically, on the basis of the hand, to the second quarter of the fourteenth century.
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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 7987
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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/C9107554/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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