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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Howard, former Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Howard John King and Council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/117/5802
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This record is about the John Howard, former Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Howard John King and Council.... dating from [c. 1323] 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 8/117/5802
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Howard, former Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk.
- Name(s)
- Howard, John
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Occupation
- Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk
- Nature of request
- Howard requests an allowance for his costs in gathering and transporting various victuals for the king's wars in Scotland, and that he not be charged in his account for more than the true price of the goods.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the accountants be ordered to have regard for the time taken to sell the grain, and its value, and make restitution of the matters contained in the bill.Coram Rege.
- Places mentioned
- Norfolk
- Suffolk
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Benedict de Cokefeld
- Robert de Bures.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The dates given, together with Howard's terms as sheriff and the royal itinerary, clearly date the original order to 1323. Howard left office a few weeks later, and thus the petition probably dates from 1323 or soon thereafter.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.61 of PRO 31/7/97
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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 4281
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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/C9150477/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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