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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commonalty of Lincolnshire. Council. The commonalty of Lincolnshire request that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/124/6157
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This record is about the Commonalty of Lincolnshire. Council. The commonalty of Lincolnshire request that... dating from [1326-1367] 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 8/124/6157
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1326-1367]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of Lincolnshire.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The commonalty of Lincolnshire request that no commission be granted to any person indicted of murder, unless acquitted or pardoned of their felony, to prevent them harassing their accusers. They also ask that those now in possession of such commissions be removed from them, as in the case of John de Kyrketon, who has a commission to rate people for arms according to the Statute of Winchester.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the Council that the petition is reasonable.
- Places mentioned
- Lincolnshire
- Winchester, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- John de Kyrketon (Kirton).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Sir John de Kyrketon (Kirketon, Kirton) is evidently the man summoned to Parliament in 1362 (Complete Peerage, VII, p.338). He was knighted in 1326 and died in 1367.
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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 5315
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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/C9208327/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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