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John Mountagu (Montagu). Mountagu (Montagu) John King and Council. John Mountagu...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/126/6293
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This record is about the John Mountagu (Montagu). Mountagu (Montagu) John King and Council. John Mountagu... dating from [? 1376] 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 8/126/6293
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Mountagu (Montagu).
- Name(s)
- Mountagu (Montagu), John
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- John Mountagu requests that the King order the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to summon before them the record of an array, in which a suit was tried on a writ brought against him by Huwysh, a debtor of the King. The case was upheld and a writ of nisi prius issued against him, which the Exchequer has accepted, but Mountagu claims that the jury had been arrayed by Seke.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let what has been done concerning this array be cancelled, and issue a new [writ of] venire facias.
- Places mentioned
- Cornwall.
- People mentioned
- William Huwyssh
- William Wychyngham, justice of assize
- Edmund Challerey, justice of assize
- Richard Seke, seneschal of William Huwyssh.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a fragmentary list of petitions see C 49/43/10
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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 5726
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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/C9208468/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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John Mountagu (Montagu). Mountagu (Montagu) John King and Council. John Mountagu...