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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Edmund Chymbeham. Chymbeham Edmund Council. Chymbeham requests that a writ be granted...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/166/8260
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This record is about the Edmund Chymbeham. Chymbeham Edmund Council. Chymbeham requests that a writ be granted... dating from [c. 1399] 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 8/166/8260
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Edmund Chymbeham.
- Name(s)
- Chymbeham, Edmund
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- Chymbeham requests that a writ be granted to the sheriff of London to have Wakefield, now arrested in London, appear before the council or the chancellor to answer for his many trespasses committed against the petitioner in his manor of Kingsnorth, which Richard II gave to the petitioner and others by his letters patent for 1000 marks paid into the Hanaper.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- London
- Kingsnorth, Kent
- Southwark, [London].
- People mentioned
- John Wakefeld (Wakefield), broker, of London
- Richard II, King of England
- Robert Wade of Southwark
- John Kyngen' of Southwark.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition must date from after 1399 since it refers to Richard II as the late King.
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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/C9294105/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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