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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Walpoll. Walpoll John King, lords and council of parliament. [This petition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/146/7260
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/146/7260
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1391]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Walpoll.
- Name(s)
- Walpoll, John
- Addressees
- King, lords and council of parliament.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged and partly illegible] John Walpoll states that he sued a bill of trespass against John Botelesham, but that by maintenance of the Recorder of London he is excluded from his action. He asks that the truth of this bill might be ascertained from Nicolas Twiford, then Mayor, and that he might have a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- John Botelesham (Botesham), formerly warden of the prison of [illegible]
- Nicholas Twiford (Twiford), formerly Mayor of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1388-92 p.444 is dated 10 June 1391, and seems perhaps to be the result of this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.59 of PRO 31/7/111
For a related petition, see SC 8/146/7259
For a statement on oath relating to that petition, see SC 8/146/7258
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. IV, 1388-1392, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.444 (commission to examine the record and process of the case between the petitioner and John Botesham, to correct any errors, and to do justice)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209443/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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