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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Mounteney of Writtle. de Mounteney John King and Council. John de Mounteney...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/126/6291
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This record is about the John de Mounteney of Writtle. de Mounteney John King and Council. John de Mounteney... dating from [c. 1310] 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 8/126/6291
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1310]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Mounteney of Writtle.
- Name(s)
- de Mounteney, John
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- John de Mounteney of Writtle requests remedy against FitzWilliam and Sparke. He states that, under a false claim by them that he was bound to Sparke for a debt of £40, Hardy arrested him in Chelmsford and sent him to the Marshalsea, where he has remained for 45 weeks under a false bill.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let him have a writ on the form of the imprisonment, on the petition that he was held without warrant.
- Places mentioned
- Essex
- Chelmsford hundred, [Essex]
- Chelmsford, [Essex]
- Marshalsea prison, [Surrey].
- People mentioned
- Robert FitzWilliam, former clerk of the sheriff of Essex
- sheriff of Essex
- William Sparke of Writtle
- William Hardy, sub-bailiff of Chelmsford hundred.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Commissions of oyer et terminer relating to the people mentioned in this petition, and probably in response to the petition at SC 8/128/6380, were issued on 4 August 1309 and 10 March 1310. Presumably this petition, which appears to form part of the same dispute, also dates to this same period.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from Mounteney on this matter see SC 8/128/6380
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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 5723
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.239 (commission of oyer et terminer on complaint by Mounteney that Sparke broke into his house at Roxwell and stole documents and goods) & p.255 (similar commission)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208466/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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