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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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Matthew de . . . Matthew King and council. [This petition is very fragmentary.] Matthew...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/79/3940
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This record is about the Matthew de . . . Matthew King and council. [This petition is very fragmentary.] Matthew... dating from [c. 1340-c. 1360] 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 8/79/3940
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1340-c. 1360]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Matthew de . . .
- Name(s)
- Matthew
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is very fragmentary.] Matthew requests that it be commanded that amendment be made . . . high bench of Chancery . . . to have execution of a process pending in the king's court . . . the charter of the king's father . . .
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the charter and the process on this matter be viewed, and if it is found that this portion of land that is demanded was . . . at the day that he died . . .
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1340-c. 1360 as it has no supporting evidence, is badly damaged, and the hand appears to be a hand of this period
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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 5762
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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/C9107716/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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