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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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John de Kighley (Kyghley, Keighley), esquire. de Kighley (Kyghley, Keighley) John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/187/9305
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This record is about the John de Kighley (Kyghley, Keighley), esquire. de Kighley (Kyghley, Keighley) John... dating from [c. 1399] 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 8/187/9305
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Kighley (Kyghley, Keighley), esquire.
- Name(s)
- de Kighley (Kyghley, Keighley), John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- John de Kighley requests that the king order the keeper of the rolls of Chancery to record the tenor of the agreement made between him and Stanlake regarding the office of bailiff of the skivinage in Calais and the island of Colne.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Calais, [France]
- Colne (Coulogne), [Calais, France].
- People mentioned
- Richard Stanlake.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petitioner was appointed to this office on 4 November 1399, and presumably the petition dates to around that time. The petitioner, described here as an eswuire, appears to have been knighted by at least 1405.
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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, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.128 (appointment of Kyghley to this office)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295183/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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