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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Swell, Marshal of the Household. Swell John King. Marshal of the Household John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/142/7055
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This record is about the John Swell, Marshal of the Household. Swell John King. Marshal of the Household John... dating from [? c. 1390-? c. 1410] 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 8/142/7055
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1390-? c. 1410]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Swell, Marshal of the Household.
- Name(s)
- Swell, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Marshal of the Household
- Nature of request
- John Swell, Marshal of the Household, states that he had previously complained about Thomas Selynger, who had removed John Clement, his servant and farmer of his manor of Derbies, from that manor, together with the petitioner's goods and money, and had imprisoned him until the King wrote to him to release him. He now says that Thomas Selynger has also removed John Erwell, his Bailiff of the same manor, and that because of this he can have no account of his goods. He asks that the Steward, Treasurer and Controller of the King's household might be appointed to do what reason demands in this matter without further delay.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Derbys (Derbies, Derbies Court), Kent.
- People mentioned
- Thomas Selynger
- John Clement, servant of John Swell and farmer of his manor of Derbies
- John Erwell, bailiff of the manor of Derbies.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- C 1/3/36 is a petition from the same petitioner, addressed to the Bishop of Exeter and Chancellor of England, and mentioning John Clement, concerning a writ to one John Haukyn of Stalisfield to cease his suit against the petitioner in the court of Dover castle, which John Haukyn has completely disobeyed. As the manor of Derbies or Derbies Court lay in Stalisfield parish, this matter might well be related, and as Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter, was Chancellor between 1396 and 1399, and between 1401 and 1403, this petition too would seem likely to date from about then.
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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/C9209234/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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