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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Squyer (Squire) of Saintbury, clerk. Squyer (Squire) John King. clerk John Squyer...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/184/9162
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This record is about the John Squyer (Squire) of Saintbury, clerk. Squyer (Squire) John King. clerk John Squyer... 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 8/184/9162
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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
- John Squyer (Squire) of Saintbury, clerk.
- Name(s)
- Squyer (Squire), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- John Squyer requests that the king order the justice of Chester to examine the claims of Altecar to the church of St Mary on the Hill in Chester, from which he has been unjustly ousted. He states that he was properly presented and inducted by the Abbot of Chester, but that Altecar then purchased letters from the king, falsely claiming that the king held the presentment, and ousted Squyer.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Seynesbury (Saintbury), [Gloucestershire]
- St Mary on the Hill, Chester, Cheshire
- Chester, [Cheshire]
- Canterbury, [Kent]
- Rome, [Italy]
- People mentioned
- Walter de Chilterne (Chiltern)
- Richard de Seynesbury (Saintbury), Abbot of Chester
- John Altecar (Altcar), clerk
- Pope
- [Richard le Scrope], Bishop of Lichfield
- Justice of Chester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- On the basis of the findings of the enquiry requested here, the king revoked the presentment to Altecar on 27 October 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.5257 of C 81/505
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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.124 (resultant revocation of the presentment of Altecar)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295039/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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