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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Thingden, clerk. de Thingden John King and council. clerk [This petition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/120/5957
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This record is about the John de Thingden, clerk. de Thingden John King and council. clerk [This petition... dating from [c. 1341] 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 8/120/5957
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1341]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Thingden, clerk.
- Name(s)
- de Thingden, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly faded and largely illegible.]Thingden makes a number of requests regarding outstanding debts and other issues relating to his duties as keeper of the revenues on the Scottish border, including receipts from the wool tax and provisions for Stirling Castle.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Largely illegible responses concerning outstanding sums]
- Places mentioned
- Northumberland
- Cumberland
- Westmorland
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- West Riding of Yorkshire
- Stirling, [Stirlingshire, Scotland]
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- [John] Thoresby
- King of Scotland
- Richard de Galeweye.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Would appear to date to c. 1341, given that the order in CCR 1341-3, p.186 is dated 15 August 1341. Thingden acted as keeper of the revenues reserved for use in the war, and was a regular official in military matters from this period.
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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 4703
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VI, 1341-1343, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.186 (order to Thyngden to account with Galway regarding victuals taken from Newcastle upon Tyne for the provisioning of Stirling Castle)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150650/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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