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Ralph Hunte. Hunte Ralph Council. Hunte asks that the council appoint people to hear...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/115/5722
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This record is about the Ralph Hunte. Hunte Ralph Council. Hunte asks that the council appoint people to hear... dating from [1378] 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 8/115/5722
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Ralph Hunte.
- Name(s)
- Hunte, Ralph
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- Hunte asks that the council appoint people to hear his case. He states that certain people of Coventry had assembled the commonalty of the town, threatened the mayor and attacked his property. He sued a writ to the sheriff and coroner, but they dare not act on it, and instead Hunte himself has been indicted for felony and the only inquests held so far have been in favour of his opponents.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Coventry, [Warwickshire].
- People mentioned
- Mayor of Coventry.
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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 4031
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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 Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.303 (commission of oyer et terminer issued in connection with this matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150396/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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