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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 Kay of Bury. Kay John King and Council. Kay requests that the king and Council...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/119/5940
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/119/5940
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Kay of Bury.
- Name(s)
- Kay, John
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- Kay requests that the king and Council summon his accusers before them and judge the truth of the charges made against him. He states that he has been held in prison on malicious charges made by various people, but has not been allowed justice due to the maintenance of the parties.
- Nature of endorsement
- xxxviii [38]
- Places mentioned
- Bury [unidentified]
- Newgate Prison, London
- Fleet Prison, [London].
- People mentioned
- Geoffrey de Workeslay
- William de Farindon
- Robert de Oynlay
- John Hatfeld (Hatfield)
- John Cok of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The guard note dates this petition to?1376, with reference to C 49/43/10. However, there is no sign of this petition mentioned in that list. The petition appears to have a number written on the dorse in a contemporary hand.
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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 4668
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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/C9150624/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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