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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Mapilton the younger, clerk. Mapilton John Commons. clerk John Mapilton requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/126/6266
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This record is about the John Mapilton the younger, clerk. Mapilton John Commons. clerk John Mapilton requests... dating from [1399-1413] 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 8/126/6266
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1399-1413]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Mapilton the younger, clerk.
- Name(s)
- Mapilton, John
- Addressees
- Commons.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- John Mapilton requests the appointment of justices to examine his case and restore him to property in Shoe Lane in London, from which he has been ousted under a false claim made against Rayner, who formerly held the property. Mapilton details the history of the property, and the actions of debt made against Rayner.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] To the Lords.[on dorse] The Council shall have the authority of Parliament to summon the justices and the parties and to examine the matter contained in the petition and to do what seems best to them in this case.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Shoe Lane, London
- Fleet Street, London
- Ludgate prison, London
- Ebgate, London.
- People mentioned
- Elys Rayner, citizen of London
- Robert Chestreford, citizen and cordwainer of London
- John Basset
- William Clay
- William Pecche
- John Whiteby, clerk
- John Mapilton the elder, clerk
- Robert Faucoun
- William Gascoigne, justice
- William Thirnyng, justice
- William Hankeford (Hankford), justice.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The appearance of Gascoigne and Thirning as the first two of the three justices would seem to date the petition to the reign of Henry IV, when Gascoigne was Chief Justice of King's Bench (Henry V replaced him with Hankeford), and Thirning was Chief Justice of Common Pleas. Thirning died in 1413, soon after Henry V's accession.
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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 5546
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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/C9208440/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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