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John Harecourt (Harcourt). Harecourt (Harcourt) John Parliament. Harecourt requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/116/5768A
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This record is about the John Harecourt (Harcourt). Harecourt (Harcourt) John Parliament. Harecourt requests... dating from [c. 1377-c. 1425] 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 8/116/5768A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377-c. 1425]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Harecourt (Harcourt).
- Name(s)
- Harecourt (Harcourt), John
- Addressees
- Parliament.
- Nature of request
- Harecourt requests that Parliament view the record of a judgement made against him in King's Bench on a writ of trespass brought by Wyvyld, which he claims is false and in error, according to an attached schedule.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- People mentioned
- Stephen Wyvyld.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition mentions Richard II, suggesting that it dates either to his reign or, perhaps more likely, to that of one of his immediate successors. The handwriting is late-fourteenth or early fifteenth century in date.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the schedule mentioned in the petition see SC 8/116/5768B
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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 4199
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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/C9150442/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: SC
Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...
Within the series: SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
Within the piece: SC 8/116
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