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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Helton of Hilton. de Helton John Archbishop of Canterbury, Chancellor of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/117/5833B
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This record is about the John de Helton of Hilton. de Helton John Archbishop of Canterbury, Chancellor of... dating from [1409] 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 8/117/5833B
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1409]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Helton of Hilton.
- Name(s)
- de Helton, John
- Addressees
- Archbishop of Canterbury, Chancellor of England.
- Nature of request
- Helton seeks remedy against Musgrave for an attack on his property by Musgrave's son and his companions. Animals and other items were stolen from him and his tenants, and he is so afraid of further violence that he has not dared return to his property for over nine months.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Helton-Bacon (Hilton), [Westmorland]
- Burton, [Westmorland]
- Murton, [Westmorland]
- Hartley, [Westmorland].
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Arundel], Archbishop of Canterbury, Chancellor of England
- Thomas Musgrave
- Richard [Musgrave], son of Thomas Musgrave
- John de Helton of Burton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Given the Musgrave pedigree, the attack must have taken place on 26 July 1408 (Thursday after St James, 9 [Henry IV]), and since Helton complains that he had been away from his lands for 'three quarters of a year', the petition presumably dates to 1409, intended for presentation at the next parliament. Originally summoned for 26 October 1409, this eventually opened in January 1410, by which point Arundel had been dismissed as chancellor (21 December 1409). The Complete Peerage, vol. IX, p.437 states that Thomas Musgrave died 'in or soon after 1407', but he was clearly still alive in July 1408, and there is nothing here to suggest that he had died by the time of the petition.
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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 4391
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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/C9150510/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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