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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Norton of Coventry, chapman. Norton Thomas King chapman Thomas Norton states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/128/6399
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This record is about the Thomas Norton of Coventry, chapman. Norton Thomas King chapman Thomas Norton states... dating from [? 1474] 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 8/128/6399
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1474]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Norton of Coventry, chapman.
- Name(s)
- Norton, Thomas
- Addressees
- King
- Occupation
- chapman
- Nature of request
- Thomas Norton states that he employed Colyngburne in good faith to recover a debt owed to him by Horde. Having agreed payment, he handed the obligation to Colyngburne, but he has not received the money, and Colyngburne now refuses to return the obligation. As such he has no remedy, and asks that the King summon Colyngburne before him and order him to return the obligation.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] Pledges to prosecute: John Yonge of London, smith, William Hauke of London, yeoman.[on dorse] Before the King and his council morrow of St John (28 December).
- Places mentioned
- Coventry, [Warwickshire]
- Crechirge [unidentified]
- Wiltshire
- London.
- People mentioned
- Henry Horde of Crechirge, merchant
- John Colyngburne (Colingbourne), esquire of the King's Household, late sheriff of Wiltshire
- John Yonge of London, smith
- William Hauke of London, yeoman.
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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 6001
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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)
- English
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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)
- Select Cases before the King's Council, 1243-1482, Ed. I.S. Leadam and J.F. Baldwin, (Selden Society, vol. XXXV, 1918), pp.115-6 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208578/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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