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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Stiward. Stiward John Council. John Stiward requests remedy regarding debts...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/217/10835
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This record is about the John Stiward. Stiward John Council. John Stiward requests remedy regarding debts... dating from [c. 1402] 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 8/217/10835
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Stiward.
- Name(s)
- Stiward, John
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- John Stiward requests remedy regarding debts owed to him by Spyxworth. He states that he had been unable to bring a suit due to letters of protection issued to Spyxworth, in anticipation of him serving the king under Lardener, and that when these were revoked Spyxworth then changed the date on the letters, and finally gave all his goods to Charryngworth in order to prevent Stiward having restitution.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London
- Marshalsea prison, [Surrey]
- Shoreditch, [Middlesex].
- People mentioned
- John Spyxworth of Shoreditch, esquire
- Robert Kene, citizen of London
- Roger Merk, citizen of London
- John Lardener, esquire
- Robert Charryngworth
- John Wilteshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The letters of protection issued to Spyxworth were revoked on 14 February 1402, and thus presumably the petition dates to some point shortly after that date.
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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. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.45 (revocation of letters of protection to Spyxworth)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334392/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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