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Thomas Cothom, prebendary of St Cuthbert, Darlington. Cothom Thomas King. prebendary...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/184/9151
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This record is about the Thomas Cothom, prebendary of St Cuthbert, Darlington. Cothom Thomas King. prebendary... dating from [1389] 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 8/184/9151
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1389]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Cothom, prebendary of St Cuthbert, Darlington.
- Name(s)
- Cothom, Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- prebendary of St Cuthbert, Darlington
- Nature of request
- Thomas Cothom, who holds the prebend of the late John Kyngeston in the church of St Cuthbert at Darlington, states that, due to a royal collation to Dalton, who has no right to it, he has been disturbed in his possession and sued. He requests that the chancellor be ordered to summon Dalton to show his title, and unless he shows that the king has the right to present, that he revoke the grant and allow Cothom to pursue recovery.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] The king grants that this be done and after the commission let right be done.
- Places mentioned
- Darlington, [County Durham].
- People mentioned
- John Kyngeston (Kingston)
- Robert Dalton, clerk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed was dated at Westminster on 7 November 1389.
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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.5663 of C 81/509
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. IV, 1389-1392, (Public Record Office, 1923), p.196 (order to arrest all people seeking to dispossess Dalton from this prebend)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. IV, 1388-1392, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.307 (ratification of Dalton's possession)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.201-2 (no.148) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295028/
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