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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Kirkeby (Kirkby). Kirkeby (Kirkby) William King. William Kirkeby requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/224/11160
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This record is about the William Kirkeby (Kirkby). Kirkeby (Kirkby) William King. William Kirkeby requests... dating from [1385] 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 8/224/11160
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Kirkeby (Kirkby).
- Name(s)
- Kirkeby (Kirkby), William
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- William Kirkeby requests remedy against a band of malefactors from Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire who attacked his house, killed his brother, raped his wife and stole his goods.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] The king has granted this and wills that good execution be made.Oxford.
- Places mentioned
- Warwickshire
- Staffordshire
- Cheshire.
- People mentioned
- [Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales]
- [Robert de Vere, Earl of] Oxford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1385, with reference to a commission of oyer and terminer into an attack upon the petitioners house at Thenford. Both refer to the murder of the petitioner's brother, but the enrolment gives far more details than this petition, and other details are inconsistent between the two.
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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, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.593 (commission of oyer and terminer into an attack upon the petitioner's house at Thenford in Northamptonshire)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334720/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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