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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Henle (Henley), clerk, canon of St Stephen's chapel in the Palace of Westminster....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/116/5760
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This record is about the John de Henle (Henley), clerk, canon of St Stephen's chapel in the Palace of Westminster.... dating from [? c. 1391] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/116/5760
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1391]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Henle (Henley), clerk, canon of St Stephen's chapel in the Palace of Westminster.
- Name(s)
- de Henle (Henley), John
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Occupation
- clerk, canon of St Stephen's chapel in the Palace of Westminster
- Nature of request
- John de Henley seeks justice in a dispute over a tenement in Charring Cross. He purchased the tenement from Hawe, intending to endow it to St Stephen's chapel, but his possession was challenged by Nook, who was maintained by Botisham and the Abbot and Convent of Westminster. Although he produced all his documentation, and Nook produced none, the assize jury falsely found in favour of Nook.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Charring Cross, [Middlesex]
- London.
- People mentioned
- William ate Hawe, officer of the Duke of Lancaster
- [John of Gaunt], Duke of Guyenne (Aquitaine) and Duke of Lancaster
- Richard atte Nook, servant of John de Botisham
- John de Botisham (Bottisham), goldsmith of London
- Abbot, Prior and Convent of Westminster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1391, presumably solely on the basis of the appearance of other petitions from this parliament in this file.
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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 4176
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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/C9150434/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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