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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 Plays, knight. Plays John King and council. Westminster Langley Marish, [Buckinghamshire]...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/143/7118
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This record is about the John Plays, knight. Plays John King and council. Westminster Langley Marish, [Buckinghamshire]... dating from [c. 1380-c. 1384] 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 8/143/7118
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1380-c. 1384]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Plays, knight.
- Name(s)
- Plays, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Langley Marish, [Buckinghamshire]
- Wraysbury [Buckinghamshire].
- Nature of request
- John Plays states that he sued to the last parliament to have delivery of the manors of Langley and Wraysbury, of his inheritance, and that because the petition mentioned certain records in Chancery, it was endorsed that the records should be examined there before the Chancellor and others of the council, and that justice should be done to him. The Chancllor and council have not wanted to do anything before they had writs from the Treasury certifying that there was nothing there that could bar John's claim. Two of these writs have been returned, stating that there is no bar, but others have not. John asks that the Treasurer and Chamberlains might be ordered to return the writs, and that the Chancllor might be ordered to proceed in the matter.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition appears to be contemporary with or slightly later than the near-duplicate SC 8/20/969, SC 8/20/973 and SC 8/20/974, which are datable to c. 1380-c. 1384, and which might be the petition to the last parliament mentioned here.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a near duplicate of that petition, see SC 8/20/973
For a related petition which may the one mentioned here, see SC 8/20/969
For related petition from the petitioner's father, see SC 8/13/624
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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/C9209298/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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