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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Lincoln, clerk. Lincoln Robert King and Council in Parliament. clerk Robert...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/122/6057
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This record is about the Robert Lincoln, clerk. Lincoln Robert King and Council in Parliament. clerk Robert... dating from [? c. 1381] 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 8/122/6057
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1381]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Lincoln, clerk.
- Name(s)
- Lincoln, Robert
- Addressees
- King and Council in Parliament.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- Robert Lincoln requests that he be delivered from prison, where he has been committed following his wrongful arrest and conviction on a spurious trespass charge brought against him following allegations by Burton. He states that he had been summoned before the council to undertake secret business, but had then been arrested by officials of the Abbot of Westminster. He was initially released due to his privy seal letter of protection, but was then re-arrested on Burton's charge and committed to the Marshalsea, contrary to the special protection afforded to him on account of his business. He claims to have presented petitions to three successive parliaments, but has not received justice.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Marshalsea prison, [Surrey].
- People mentioned
- Henry Burton, outlaw.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? 1383, but no evidence cited.This is evidently a later version of the petition at SC 8/122/6056. If that petition was presented to the parliament of 1379, and given that the petitioner claims to have petitioned to three parliaments, the present document was presumably presented to the parliament of 1381 or a later gathering.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.54A of PRO 31/7/107
For another petition once attached to this see SC 8/122/6056
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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 5088
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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/C9208226/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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