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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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Richard Etton, esquire. Etton Richard King. Richard Etton requests to be released...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/183/9130
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This record is about the Richard Etton, esquire. Etton Richard King. Richard Etton requests to be released... dating from [1385] 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 8/183/9130
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Etton, esquire.
- Name(s)
- Etton, Richard
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Richard Etton requests to be released from prison in the Tower of London, where he has been sent by order of the Constable, contrary to earlier letters of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] The king has granted this.
- Places mentioned
- Tower of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- An order to release Etton, seemingly in response to this petition, was issued on 28 November 1385.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.3844 of C 81/491
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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 Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1921), p.30 (order to the constable of the Tower of London to free the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295007/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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