Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, John de ...wood, knight,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/118/5857

What’s it about?

This record is about the Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, John de ...wood, knight,... dating from [c. 1362] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Access information is unavailable

Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.

Full description and record details

Reference
SC 8/118/5857
Date
[c. 1362]
Description
Petitioners
Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, John de ...wood, knight, Simon Dolsaly, Maud Fraunceis, widow of Simon Fraunceis, John Michel of London and Thomas Durant, serjeant-at-arms.
Name(s)
de ...wood; Dolsaly; Fraunceis; Michel; Durant, John; Simon; Maud; John; Thomas
Addressees
Council.
Occupation
Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England; serjeant-at-arms
Nature of request
[This petition is damaged and illegible in places.]The Prior and his co-petitioners request that a commission be authorised to enquire into the charges and payments due upon tenants of the marshes of Dartford and Stone.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Dartford, [Kent]
Stone, [Kent].
People mentioned
Simon Fraunceis.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1362, on the basis of the appearance of various individuals in unrelated patent roll entries around this time.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4445
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150536/

Series information

SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

74,884 records

Within the department: SC

Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...

18,283 records

Within the series: SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

52 records

Within the piece: SC 8/118

5851-5900. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item...

You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/118/5857

Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, John de ...wood, knight,...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.