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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 Lokyngton, former clerk of the Petty Custom in London. Lokyngton John King and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/121/6007
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This record is about the John Lokyngton, former clerk of the Petty Custom in London. Lokyngton John King and... dating from [1428] 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 8/121/6007
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1428]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Lokyngton, former clerk of the Petty Custom in London.
- Name(s)
- Lokyngton, John
- Addressees
- King and Lords in Parliament.
- Occupation
- clerk of the Petty Custom
- Nature of request
- [The right edge of this petition is damaged]Lokyngton requests that the King and the Lords put into effect a petition put forward on his behalf by the Commons in the last Parliament, suspending a judgement against him in the court of Exchequer relating to sums outstanding from his time as a clerk of the customs.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] For the Duke of Gloucester 24 March.
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- [Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of] Gloucester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? 1428, although no evidence cited. However, the reference to Gloucester clearly dates it to the reign of Henry V or the minority of Henry VI, and the damage pattern is similar to other petitions from the 1427-8 Parliament (e.g. see SC 8/121/6008; SC 8/121/6011).
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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 5001
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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/C9208173/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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