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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Agnes Pitman, widow of John Pitman. Pitman Agnes King. Agnes Pitman requests that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/185/9249
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This record is about the Agnes Pitman, widow of John Pitman. Pitman Agnes King. Agnes Pitman requests that... dating from [c. 1420-c. 1450] 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 8/185/9249
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1420-c. 1450]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Agnes Pitman, widow of John Pitman.
- Name(s)
- Pitman, Agnes
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Agnes Pitman requests that the king order the chancellor to try the case brought before him against her late husband's executors regarding her husband's goods, which they refuse to deliver to her for the sustenance of her and their five children.
- Nature of endorsement
- [...] it be done.
- Places mentioned
- Bucklersbury, London.
- People mentioned
- John Pitman of Bucklersbury in London, grocer.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A John Pitman, grocer, appears in the London Letter Books in 1419, and is probably this man. Based on this, and the handwriting, the petition has been dated tentatively to the period 1420-50.
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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/C9295127/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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