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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
Item
John Child, citizen of London. Child John The Duke of Gloucester and Parliament....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/104/5199
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This record is about the John Child, citizen of London. Child John The Duke of Gloucester and Parliament.... dating from [c. 1422] 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 8/104/5199
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1422]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Child, citizen of London.
- Name(s)
- Child, John
- Addressees
- The Duke of Gloucester and Parliament.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner asks the present parliament to cancel an unjust award made against him and compensation for his losses. He states that he was peacefully seised in one of his tenements etc., ... when one John Noble of Westminster fraudulently brought against him a certain writ of assize sent to the seneschal ... and assigned a day before the said seneschal. After the plea concerning his tenement was heard ... petitioner appealed to the king and his council ... before his last departure ... 28 July [1421] ... with force and arms took goods and chattels from him worth £40 and more.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- John Noble of Westminster
- Humphrey [Plantagenet], Duke of Gloucester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated c. 1422 on internal evidence.
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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 2429
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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/C9149769/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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