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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Kirkeby (Kirkby) of the bishopric of Durham. de Kirkeby (Kirkby) John King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/119/5920
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This record is about the John de Kirkeby (Kirkby) of the bishopric of Durham. de Kirkeby (Kirkby) John King... dating from [1337-1387] 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 8/119/5920
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1337-1387]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Kirkeby (Kirkby) of the bishopric of Durham.
- Name(s)
- de Kirkeby (Kirkby), John
- Addressees
- King and Lords.
- Nature of request
- Kirkeby requests that Redman be summoned before the king and ordered to make restitution of Kirkeby's wife and goods. He states that Redman and his wife forcibly seized his wife, together with parcels worth 140 marks, and has detained her for three years, along with charters to his lands, which he is in danger of losing.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Durham
- Morpeth, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Mathew Redman
- [Avice de Kirkeby (Kirkby), wife of John de Kirkeby].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? 1381-2, but no evidence is given. Fraser, Northumberland Petitions, pp. 132-3, suggests 1337-87, as John de Kirkeby died in 1387, although the handwriting is clearly from the latter part of this period. Sir Mathew Redman of Levens died c.1390.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.36 of PRO 31/7/108
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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 4630
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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)
- Ancient Petitions Relating to Northumberland, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CLXXI, 1961), pp.132-3 (no.108) (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150603/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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