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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Hamo de Hessay of York, clerk. de Hessay Hamo King and Council. clerk Hessay requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/116/5794
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This record is about the Hamo de Hessay of York, clerk. de Hessay Hamo King and Council. clerk Hessay requests... dating from [1322-1327] 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 8/116/5794
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hamo de Hessay of York, clerk.
- Name(s)
- de Hessay, Hamo
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- Hessay requests the return of a French bible which he had loaned to Thomas of Lancaster. The bible was given to Thomas' confessor, in the presence of many of the king's men, but is now to be found in the Treasury, among the books in the keeping of John de Kinnersley.
- Nature of endorsement
- If the book is in the hands of the king's ministers, and Hamo is able to prove reasonably that he should have it, then he shall have a writ for it to be delivered to him.Coram Rege. Herlaston
- Places mentioned
- York.
- People mentioned
- Thomas [of Lancaster], late Earl of Lancaster
- Thomas de Hothum, confessor to Thomas of Lancaster
- Bernard Pylegrym (Pilgrim)
- Dominic John
- Bernard Brue
- John de Kynardesley (Kinnersley)
- [William] Herlaston.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dates to between the execution of Thomas of Lancaster on 22 March 1322 and the end of Edward II's reign. Given the context and people concerned, it may have been presented at one of the York parliaments of 1322. The petition appears to describe events surrounding Lancaster's execution.
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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 4256
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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)
- A French Bible in English about the year 1327, R.L. Atkinson, (, 1923), pp.248-9 (edition and discussion of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150469/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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