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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Hughson of Boston. Hughson Robert King Hughson requests that he be released...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/115/5731
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This record is about the Robert Hughson of Boston. Hughson Robert King Hughson requests that he be released... dating from [1440-c. 1454] 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 8/115/5731
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1440-c. 1454]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Hughson of Boston.
- Name(s)
- Hughson, Robert
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- Hughson requests that he be released from prison and his case be heard. He states that he stood surety with others for Kirketon, who had borrowed cloth from Blaunch to sell to Semy, but that Kirketon had been defrauded by them. Blaunch then began process against Kirketon and his sureties, for which Hughson had been imprisoned in the Fleet.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] For the Chancellor 10 MarchThe Commons assent to this bill.[on dorse] It shall be done as desired.
- Places mentioned
- Boston, [Lincolnshire]
- London
- Kirton in Holland, [Lincolnshire]
- Wyberton, [Lincolnshire]
- Fleet prison, [London]
- People mentioned
- Alan Kirketon (Kirton), clerk
- John Blaunch (Blanche) of London
- Adam Semy of London, broker and sherman
- John Yveson (Iveson) of Kirton in Holland
- John Alanson of Kirton in Holland
- John Thomson of Kirton in Holland
- John Warner the elder of Kirton in Holland, husbandman
- Alan Wace of Wyberton
- John Wodethorp (Woodthorpe), late Mayor of the Staple of Boston
- John Neville, late sheriff of Lincolnshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- John Neville was sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1439-40 and 1452-3. The petition presumably dates to shortly after one of these terms.
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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 4048
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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)
- English
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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/C9150405/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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