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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Spencer. Spencer Richard King and lords of parliament. Richard Spencer states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/141/7049
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This record is about the Richard Spencer. Spencer Richard King and lords of parliament. Richard Spencer states... 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 8/141/7049
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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
- Richard Spencer.
- Name(s)
- Spencer, Richard
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- Richard Spencer states that John Mokkyng sued a writ of trespass against him in Surrey, returnable before the justices of King's Bench at the quinzaine of Martinmas, 18 Richard II [1394], and that process was sued on this until Richard was condemned to pay £20, for which he was imprisoned in the Marshalsea: wrongly, as he says. He asks that the record and process of the case might be brought before the King and lords in the present parliament, to correct the errors in them, and that he might be released on sufficient mainprise to make satisfaction to John Mokkyng or to return to prison if the judgment should go against him; and that John might be warned to appear to show why the judgment should not be reversed.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Surrey
- Marshalsea prison, [Southwark, Surrey].
- People mentioned
- John Mokkyng
- Richard II, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition must date from after the quinzaine of Martinmas, 18 Richard II [1394], but the mention of Richard II suggests that it is in fact from the reign of Henry IV - and from the contents and the date of the original case probably from quite early in that reign.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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/C9209186/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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