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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 Paston, son and heir of William Paston, justice of Common Pleas. Paston John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/198/9884
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This record is about the John Paston, son and heir of William Paston, justice of Common Pleas. Paston John... dating from [c. 1445] 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 8/198/9884
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1445]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Paston, son and heir of William Paston, justice of Common Pleas.
- Name(s)
- Paston, John
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged]John Paston, son and heir of William Paston, justice of Common Pleas, states that an inquisition held at Cambridge and returned in Chancery after his father's death contains several mistakes, wrongly saying that he held the manor of Snailwell [from the King], and naming his youngest son, William, as his heir. He asks the commons to ask the King and lords to ordain, by authority of parliament, that this inquisition [might be annulled], and that he might have entry into this manor and the issues received since the death of his father.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Let it be sent to the lords.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire]
- Norfolk
- Suffolk
- Snailwell, [Cambridgeshire].
- People mentioned
- William Paston, justice of Common Pleas
- William Paston, son of William Paston
- Edmund [Paston], son of William Paston.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1445 with reference to the death of William Paston in 1444.
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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)
- English
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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/C9295773/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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