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? No Petitioner named Writ of 12 March 7 [Henry IV] ordering the sheriffs of London...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/109/5406A

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Writ of 12 March 7 [Henry IV] ordering the sheriffs of London... dating from [1406] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/109/5406A
Date
[1406]
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Writ of 12 March 7 [Henry IV] ordering the sheriffs of London to bring John van Covour from prison at Newgate, before the king in chancery.
Nature of endorsement
Notes of process.
Places mentioned
London
Dordrecht, [Netherlands]
Newgate Prison, London.
People mentioned
John van Covour
John Reynwell, merchant
Sheriffs of London.
Note
Dated 12 March in the regnal year 7 of a King Henry; the hand, and the context provided by SC 8/109/5406B, indicate that this must be Henry IV, so 1406.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3071
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149978/

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