Piece
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
Item
John Napton, John .... Napton John; John [King.] [Petition seemingly relating to...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/186/9278
What’s it about?
This record is about the John Napton, John .... Napton John; John [King.] [Petition seemingly relating to... dating from [c. 1400-c. 1450] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/186/9278
-
Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1400-c. 1450]
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
- Petitioners
- John Napton, John ....
- Name(s)
- Napton, John; John
- Addressees
- [King.]
- Nature of request
- [Petition seemingly relating to a court case regarding an assault on Richard Marton. However, only a small fraction of the original petition survives, and the sense is difficult to reconstruct.]
- Places mentioned
- Northampton, [Northamptonshire].
- People mentioned
- Richard Marton, clerk
- [...] Beeston.
-
Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to the first half of the fifteenth century on the basis of the handwriting. A John Wytheryn was pardoned his outlawry in Northamptonshire in 1417 for a debt owed to a Richard Marton, possibly the same man involved here (CPR 1416-22, p.91).
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- French
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295156/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
74,884 records
Within the department: SC
Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...
18,283 records
Within the series: SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
51 records
Within the piece: SC 8/186
9251-9300. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item...
You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/186/9278
John Napton, John .... Napton John; John [King.] [Petition seemingly relating to...
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.