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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Steven (Stephen) Aleyn (Alan), citizen and merchant of London. Aleyn (Alan) Steven...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/81/4038
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This record is about the Steven (Stephen) Aleyn (Alan), citizen and merchant of London. Aleyn (Alan) Steven... dating from [c. 1320] 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 8/81/4038
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Steven (Stephen) Aleyn (Alan), citizen and merchant of London.
- Name(s)
- Aleyn (Alan), Steven (Stephen)
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- merchant of London
- Nature of request
- Aleyn requests execution and no further delay as the sheriff of Sussex has arrested £100 worth of the goods of the abbot and his men and returned his writ into Chancery. Aleyn had been driven with a cargo to the lands of the abbot by Flemish malefactors, and had unloaded his cargo for greater security whereupon the abbot's men had carried it away, and he has refused to make restitution or do justice so that the sheriff was ordered to make the arrest.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Concerning the plea pending between the parties in Chancery, the petition should be delivered into Chancery, and the process of the arrest and the abbot's response be viewed, and the chancellor is to call those who he wishes to be called and do further justice there.2) It is to be seen what the abbot has returned into Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Normandy, [France]
- Flanders
- Fecamps, [Normandy, France].
- People mentioned
- Abbot of Fecamps
- Mayor and commonalty of London.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a letter of the abbot see SC 8/81/4040
For another petition by the same petitioner see piece 16183 in C 81/297
For a copy of a writ to the sheriff of Sussex see SC 8/81/4041
A letter concerning Stephen Aleyn is SC 8/195/9736
For a related petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/30/1489
For the counter petition to this by the abbot see SC 8/81/4039
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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 4918
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.259 (order to the sheriff of Sussex to take £100 worth of goods of the abbot into the king's hand until the petitioner is satisfied)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148578/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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