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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John atte Chirche (Church), son of Thomas atte Chirch (Church) of Kelling, chaplain....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/97/4844
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This record is about the John atte Chirche (Church), son of Thomas atte Chirch (Church) of Kelling, chaplain.... dating from [c. 1320-c. 1340] 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 8/97/4844
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320-c. 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John atte Chirche (Church), son of Thomas atte Chirch (Church) of Kelling, chaplain.
- Name(s)
- Chirche (Church), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- chaplain
- Nature of request
- John, son of Thomas atte Chirch of Kelling, chaplain, states that Alice, daughter of John Belamy, sued an appeal of rape and of breaking the peace against him in Bedfordshire, of which he was found not guilty, and damages of £200 were awarded to him. Because Alice had nothing from which to raise these damages, he indicted those who had abetted her in her false accusation, and the Sheriff of Bedfordshire was ordered to distrain them for the damages. But they avoided this by alienating their lands to their relatives, in deceit of the King. The statute provided for this makes no allowance for such a situation, so he asks that it might be extended to allow such abettors to be attached by their bodies, or, if they are not found, put in exigent and outlawed.
- Nature of endorsement
- The matter contained in this petition is to be clarified when the statutes are clarified.
- Places mentioned
- Kelling, [Norfolk]
- Bedfordshire
- Marshalsea prison, [Southwark, Surrey]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Thomas atte Chirche (Church) of Kelling
- Alice [Belamy], daughter of John Belamy
- John Belamy.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Assigned impressionistically to the end of Edward II's reign or the beginning of Edward III's.
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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 1423
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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/C9149411/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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