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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Abraham, clerk, John Donne, clerk, John Prat, clerk, and Ralph de Walsham. Abraham;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/188/9400
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This record is about the John Abraham, clerk, John Donne, clerk, John Prat, clerk, and Ralph de Walsham. Abraham;... dating from [c. 1390-c. 1391] 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 8/188/9400
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1390-c. 1391]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Abraham, clerk, John Donne, clerk, John Prat, clerk, and Ralph de Walsham.
- Name(s)
- Abraham; Donne; Prat; de Walsham, John; John; John; Ralph
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- clerk
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request that the king do right to them with regard to certain manors and other property formerly held by Mary de St Pol, Countess of Pembroke.[Despite the damage to the petition, it describes in detail the background to, and the events surrounding, the succession to various parcels of the earldom of Pembroke following the deaths of John de Hastings, his under-age son, and the late countess, and refers to the petitioners' involvement and their rights to certain lands].
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Hartley, Kent
- Luddesdown, Kent
- Wickham, Kent
- Foxley, Norfolk
- Saxthorpe, Norfolk
- Gooderstone, Norfolk
- Hockham, Norfolk
- Burgh Apton, Norfolk
- St Mary at Hill, London
- Billingsgate ward, London
- St Andrew Hubbard, London
- Wales
- Ashill, Norfolk
- Tynby (Tenby), [Pembrokeshire, Wales]
- Kylgarren (Cilgerran), [Pembrokeshire, Wales]
- Oysterlowe (Ystlwyf) commote, [Carmarthenshire, Wales]
- Gascony, [France]
- Tottenham, Middlesex
- St Paul's, London
- Charterhouse, London
- Pembroke, [Pembrokeshire, Wales]
- Pembrokeshire, [Wales]
- Abergavenny, [Monmouthshire, Wales]
- Ruthin, [Denbighshire, Wales]
- The Mote (in Cheshunt), Hertfordshire
- East Hanningfield, Essex
- Croyndon (Long Crendon), Buckinghamshire
- Blunham, Bedfordshire
- Kempston, Bedfordshire
- Herefordshire
- Ravensthorpe, [North Riding of] Yorkshire
- Gressenhall, Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- Mary de St Pol, Countess of Pembroke
- Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke
- Lawrence de Hastings
- Edward II, King of England
- Elizabeth Redcomyn
- Joan [Strabolgy (Strathbogie)], wife of David Strabolgi
- David Strabolgi (Strathbogie)
- John de Hastings, Earl of Pembroke, Lord Wexford and Lord Bergavenny
- Walter Amyas, clerk
- David Perkin, clerk
- Thomas Cryklad (Cricklade)
- Edward III, King of England
- William de Beauchamp
- William de Clynton
- Anne [de Hastings], wife of John de Hastings
- John [de Hastings], son of John de Hastings
- Reginald de Grey of Ruthin
- Richard Talbot
- Elizabeth [le Scrope], wife of John le Scrope
- John le Scrope
- Philippa [Halsham], wife of John Halsham
- John Halsham
- William la Zouche
- Hugh [de Hastings], son of Hugh de Hastings
- Hugh de Hastings
- John [of Gaunt], Duke of Guyenne (Aquitaine) and Duke of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard, and by Rees, to the period c. 1390-1, following the deaths of a number of the people named within.
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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 may formerly have been enclosed see no.6884 of C 81/521
For a related schedule, see SC 8/185/9208
For another petition from these petitioners see SC 8/185/9209
For a related petition by the same petitioners, see SC 8/215/10710
For a related petition by some of the same petitioners and others with which this petition may have been enclosed, see SC 8/342/16103
For a related petition see SC 8/224/11176
For another petition by some of the same petitioners on a related matter, see SC 8/183/9104
For a related petition, see SC 8/252/12586
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.313-16 (edition of petition, with discussion and references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295278/
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