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John Arundell (Arundel), knight, sheriff of Devon. Arundell (Arundel) John King....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/230/11470

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This record is about the John Arundell (Arundel), knight, sheriff of Devon. Arundell (Arundel) John King.... dating from [1415] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/230/11470
Date
[1415]
Description
Petitioners
John Arundell (Arundel), knight, sheriff of Devon.
Name(s)
Arundell (Arundel), John
Addressees
King.
Occupation
sheriff of Devon
Nature of request
Arundel requests that he be pardoned and released from 100 marks of the many sums of which he is charged in his account in the Exchequer and have a letters under the privy seal to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to discharge him of the sum for his great losses that he has incurred as sheriff.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Devon.
Note
The petition dates to 1415 as two pardons were issued to the petitioner on 1 December 1415 (CPR 1413-16, pp.374, 379).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Files 538.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen V, vol. I, 1413-1416, (Public Record Office, 1910), pp.374, 379 (pardons for the petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335029/

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