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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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Mary .... Mary King. [Only part of the petition survives.] The petitioner complains...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/197/9827
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This record is about the Mary .... Mary King. [Only part of the petition survives.] The petitioner complains... dating from [c. 1390-c. 1425] 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 8/197/9827
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1390-c. 1425]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mary ....
- Name(s)
- Mary
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Only part of the petition survives.] The petitioner complains of an attack made on her [house] in the parish of Heytesbury, by people who beat her servants and stole her goods and chattels. She requests reasonable writs to the sheriff of Wiltshire [to have them appear before the King] to answer for the aforesaid matters and to be [examined on them].
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face, mostly missing due to damage to ms] This . . . Chancery . . . of the peace . . ..[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- Haschbury (Heytesbury), Wiltshire.
- People mentioned
- Sheriff of Wiltshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Roughly dated on the basis of the hand and the language.
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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/C9295716/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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