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Adam le Clerk, merchant of King's Lynn. Clerk Adam King and council. merchant of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/162/8063

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This record is about the Adam le Clerk, merchant of King's Lynn. Clerk Adam King and council. merchant of... dating from [? 1315] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/162/8063
Date
[? 1315]
Description
Petitioners
Adam le Clerk, merchant of King's Lynn.
Name(s)
Clerk, Adam
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
merchant of King's Lynn
Nature of request
[The petition is almost entirely illegible].
Nature of endorsement
He should go into Chancery and have the process used in this case.
Places mentioned
King's Lynn, [Norfolk]
Norway.
Note
The petition has been dated to? 1315 on the basis of the Latin summary of another petition by the same petitioner (Rot. Par., vol. I, p.317b (no.121).
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/2/84

For a related petition, see SC 8/39/1940

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.317b (no.121) (Latin summary of another petition by the same petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293907/

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